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Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library
A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
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The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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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.
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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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Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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Leopard Society Garb
Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.
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Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
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Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
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Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
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High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
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Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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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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Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
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New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
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The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
