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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
Places meltingknight Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
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La Plaza Cultural
This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.
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The Oldest Fence in New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
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Broken Kilometer
One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.
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767 Third Avenue
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
Permanently Closed
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Hidden Wall of 1976 Graffiti
A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.
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Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.
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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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Castle Williams
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
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The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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Brooklyn Bridge Fallout Shelter
There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.
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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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The Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
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The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
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The Sugar House Prison Window
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
Permanently Closed
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West Side Cow Tunnels
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
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Bemelmans Bar
The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
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New York City Police Museum
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
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The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
