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Libyan Desert Diorama
This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Aretha Franklin Subway Tributes
A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."
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Economy Candy
Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.
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Komodo Dragon Diorama
Here be dragons.
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African Elephants Diorama
This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.
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Hall of North American Mammals
Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.
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The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
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Venetian Room
This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.
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41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
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Statue of Liberty's Original Torch
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
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Holographic Studios Inc.
The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.
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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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The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
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Mysterious Bookshop
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
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Lexington Candy Shop
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
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5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
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The Elevated Acre
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
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St. Luke's Place Coal Hole Covers
These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.
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RMS Titanic Memorial
Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.
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Phone Booth Graveyard
The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.
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City Hall Library
An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.
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Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
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14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
