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North Brother Island

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history until September 11, 2001.

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Hart Island

The loneliest island in New York.

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Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

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Bronx Zoo Bug Carousel

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

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Woodlawn Cemetery

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

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Thain Family Forest

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

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Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

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Bartow Station

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

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New York Transit Museum

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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Bronx Zoo Bug Carousel

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

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Tannen's Magic Shop

New York's oldest magic store.

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Sunshine Laundromat

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

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Coney Island Museum

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

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Cool Places to Eat & Drink in the Bronx

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Cafe al Mercato

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

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La Morada

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

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Teitel Brothers

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

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Banana Ripening Facility

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

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The Young Lords, a Puerto Rican activist group, seized this mobile chest x-ray unit in 1970. A few months later, they and members of the Black Panther Party occupied part of Lincoln Hospital to establish a drug detoxification program.

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"Edgar Allan Poe Square" in the Boston Common, near the place where Poe was born.

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