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Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform

New York, New York

Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Coney Art Walls.

Brooklyn, New York

Coney Art Walls

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Puerto Rican Flag Sculptures

Chicago, Illinois

Puerto Rican Flag Sculptures

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

The building.

Chicago, Illinois

Flat Iron Building

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

The outside of The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company.

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Strawberry Fields Memorial

New York, New York

Strawberry Fields Memorial

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

James Farley Post Office
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

James Farley Post Office Museum

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Trinity Church cementery

New York, New York

Trinity Churchyard

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Mmuseumm

New York, New York

Mmuseumm

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Private Passage

New York, New York

Private Passage

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Hess' Triangle

New York, New York

Hess Triangle

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Known as a "Zip Tube" this carries the book requests down to the stacks many floors below.

New York, New York

Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Keen's Steakhouse

New York, New York

Keen's Steakhouse

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Jefferson Market Library

New York, New York

Jefferson Market Library

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Gimbel's Bridge

New York, New York

Gimbel's Bridge

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Union Square Metronome

New York, New York

Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.

Horses - Stables Market

London, England

Stables Market

Catacombs turned marketplace.

The Little Mermaid

Copenhagen, Denmark

The Little Mermaid

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Looking across the Hudson River towards New Jersey, at night

New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Life Underground

New York, New York

'Life Underground' Sculptures

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Roosevelt Island Tramway

New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Tramway

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

New York, New York

Day & Meyer, Murray & Young

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

Red Square

New York, New York

Lenin Statue at Red Square

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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