Chicago, Illinois
Willis Tower Glass Platform
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
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The Museum of Holography
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.
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Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
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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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Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
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Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
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Strecker Memorial Laboratory
Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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Day & Meyer, Murray & Young
Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.
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Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
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The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
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Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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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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Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
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Onieals Grand Street Bar
A prohibition era watering hole for the police.
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Angel Orensanz Foundation
The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.
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284 Broome Street
The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
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Clock Tower Building
A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
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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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77 Water Street
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
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Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
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5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
