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Castle Williams
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
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C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
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Governors Island
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
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190 Bowery
The greatest real estate coup of all time.
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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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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
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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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C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
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The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
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The White Horse Tavern
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
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New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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Shopsin's
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
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Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
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Pomander Walk
Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.
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Pier 54: The Titanic’s Arrival Destination
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
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Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
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The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
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Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
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Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
