New York, New York
Cherry Street Gang Warfare
Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Brooklyn, New York
The Evergreens Cemetery
Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.
New York, New York
Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New York, New York
New York City Police Museum
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
New York, New York
Titanic Memorial
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
New York, New York
Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
New York, New York
High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
'The Sphere'
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
New York, New York
Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
New York, New York
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.
New York, New York
The Grolier Club
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
New York, New York
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."
New York, New York
The Relic Chapel at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
New York, New York
Padre Pio Shrine
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
Brooklyn, New York
Lipsius Cook House
This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.
New York, New York
Rose Hill Historic House
The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.
Bronx, New York
Hart Island
The loneliest island in New York.
Brooklyn, New York
The Tomb of Jane Griffith
A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.
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
Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
New York, New York
P.S. 186
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
