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Brooklyn, New York
Lindsay for Mayor Billboard
This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Queens, New York
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.
Queens, New York
The Alley Pond Giant
The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.
Queens, New York
The Birthplace of Scrabble
A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
Queens, New York
The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad
A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.
Queens, New York
The Ganesh Temple of Queens
This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.
Queens, New York
Surreal Elevator
Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.
New York, New York
7000 Oaks
Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.
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New York, New York
Taste of Persia NYC
Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.
New York, New York
Gay Liberation
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
New York, New York
Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel
New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.
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New York, New York
Vintage Massimo Vignelli Subway Map
There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.
New York, New York
The Weathermen Townhouse Explosion
A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.
New York, New York
Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU
A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.
New York, New York
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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New York, New York
'The Sale of Manhattan'
Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.
New York, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
New York, New York
C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
New York, New York
The New York New Church
Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
New York, New York
The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
New York, New York
The Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
