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Girl Puzzle Monument
An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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The Marriage of Money and Real Estate
A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.
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Roosevelt Island AVAC System
On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.
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Mysterious Bookshop
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
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5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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Tunnel Number 3
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
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City Hall Library
An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.
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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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Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
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77 Water Street
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
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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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The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
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Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
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Joanne Hendricks Cookbooks
Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.
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The Lost Diner
The saddest little diner in New York.
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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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Silver Towers Playground
This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.
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Locomotive Lawn
This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.
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Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
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Power Station
One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.
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Al Hirschfeld's Desk and Chair
From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.
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Water Tower
This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.
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Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
