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New York, New York

Holiday Nostalgia Train

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
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Hamilton Grange

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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United Palace Theatre

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
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The Gardens at St. Luke in the Fields

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.
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Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
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Tom's Restaurant

The "Seinfeld" diner.
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Radio City Music Hall's Secret Apartment

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
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The Daily News Building Globe

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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Titanic Memorial

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
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Strawberry Fields Memorial

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
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Sidewalk Subway Map

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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Fraunces Tavern

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
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El Sabroso

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
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Long Lines Building

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
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The Morris-Jumel Mansion

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
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New York Marble Cemetery

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
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Shopsin's

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
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The Museum of Interesting Things

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
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Keith Haring's 'Once Upon a Time' Bathroom Mural

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
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Oldest Manhole Cover

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
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Irish Hunger Memorial

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.