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Okapi Taxidermy Diorama
This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Scavenger Taxidermy Diorama
This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.
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West Terrace at the Cloisters
This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.
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Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum
You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
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African Elephants Diorama
This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.
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Komodo Dragon Diorama
Here be dragons.
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The Narrowest Building in New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
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Edward Mooney House
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
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Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
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Number One, Broadway
Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.
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The Village Gate Sign
The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.
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Ear Inn
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
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The Remnants of Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
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Marie's Crisis
Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.
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Bluestockings Bookstore
New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
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Staple Street Skybridge
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
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Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
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Water Tower
This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.
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Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
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The Mulberry Bend
During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.
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Gay Liberation
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
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Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
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The Webster Apartments
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
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Onieals Grand Street Bar
A prohibition era watering hole for the police.
