Queens, New York
Flux Factory
Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.
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Queensboro Trolley Kiosk
A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.
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6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
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Broadway Flea Market
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
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Queens, New York
5 Pointz
A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.
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One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
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300 West 38th Street
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
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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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Site of the Pan Am Helipad
This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
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Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
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Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
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Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
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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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James Farley Post Office Museum
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
Brooklyn, New York
House of Yes
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
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Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
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REACH: New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
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New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
