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The Statue of Roscoe Conkling

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.
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Berlin Wall Section

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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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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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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The Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
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Holographic Studios Inc.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.
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Greenacre Park

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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The General Worth Monument

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.
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Padre Pio Shrine

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
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El Sabroso

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
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United Nations Delegates Lounge

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.
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The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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Patent Pending

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
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MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
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The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
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Houdini Revealed

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
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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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Waldorf Astoria Archives

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.
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767 Third Avenue

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.
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Gimbel's Bridge

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
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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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Rose Hill Historic House

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.