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The Webster Apartments
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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The Marine Grill Murals of the Hotel McAlpin
The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.
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Bryant Park Bathroom
The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.
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Matryoshka at Wall Street Bath & Spa 88
This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.
Permanently Closed
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West Side Cow Tunnels
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
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Death Avenue Plaque
Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.
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The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
Permanently Closed
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Houdini Revealed
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
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Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
The Burns Archive
A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
New York, New York
The Remnants of Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
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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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Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
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The New York New Church
Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.
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First Shearith Israel Graveyard
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
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The Conjuring Arts Research Center
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.
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The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
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The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley
The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
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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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Daredevil Tattoo Museum
This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.
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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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The Little Church Around the Corner
This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
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Rose Hill Historic House
The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.
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Poster House Museum
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
