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High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
Queens, New York
Surreal Elevator
Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.
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Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
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Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
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Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)
Become a prohibition rebel.
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Nonnas of the World
A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
Brooklyn, New York
Sunshine Laundromat
One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.
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Le Boudoir
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
Permanently Closed
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Museum of the American Gangster
This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.
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Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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New York Transit Museum
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
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Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
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MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
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The Treasures in the Trash Collection
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
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The Museum of Interesting Things
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
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Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
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The SeaGlass Carousel
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
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Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
