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Unusual Attractions in the Bronx

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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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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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Bronx Zoo Bug Carousel

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

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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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Hall of Fame for Great Americans

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

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Bartow Station

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

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Unique Food & Drink in the Bronx

Chopped Cheese

This staple sandwich of Brooklyn delis has become a symbol of gentrification.

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Afloat the Erie Canal: A Self-Led Houseboat Adventure

Be the captain of your own ship as you steer along this historic waterway, experiencing its hidden wonders and two centuries of history.

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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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