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New York, New York

Spotlight on Broadway Map

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
New York, New York

Carnegie Hall Archives

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.
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Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
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Holiday Nostalgia Train

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
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The Standard Oil Building

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
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Cole Porter's Piano

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.
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Exchange Bar & Grill

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.
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Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
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Hamilton Grange

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
Brooklyn, New York

Pratt Institute Engine Room

Haven for steampunks.
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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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Nikola Tesla Street Corner

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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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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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
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Carsten Höller Slide

Three-story slide through the New Museum.
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Burger Joint

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
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Titanic Memorial

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
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Campbell Apartment

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
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Blockhouse No. 1

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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Trinity Churchyard

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
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Hess Triangle

New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York

Goldbar

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.