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John M. Mossman Lock Collection
Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
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Bennett Park
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
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Catacombs of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral
Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
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Carnegie Hall Archives
More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.
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767 Third Avenue
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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Shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini
The mummified relics of an American missionary.
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Site of New York Slave Market
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
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Castle Williams
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
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The Sugar House Prison Window
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
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Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
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Brooklyn Bridge Fallout Shelter
There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.
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Power Station
One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.
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The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
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Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
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The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall
Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
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Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU
A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.
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One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
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The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
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Daredevil Tattoo Museum
This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.
