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New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
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The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
Brooklyn, New York
Commercial Street Cat Village
Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.
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Patent Pending
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
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The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn's Converted Pencil Factory
Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.
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Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
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Masstransiscope
A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.
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Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
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Slocum Memorial Fountain
Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.
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The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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Holiday Nostalgia Train
During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
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Broken Kilometer
One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.
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The SeaGlass Carousel
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
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American Numismatic Society
Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.
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Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
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The Elevated Acre
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
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The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
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Survivor Tree
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
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Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
