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New York, New York

REACH: New York

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
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Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
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Lexington Candy Shop

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
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Le Train Bleu Restaurant

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.
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Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
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The Ramble Cave

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
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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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The Treasures in the Trash Collection

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
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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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Freedom Tunnel

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.
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The New York Earth Room

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.
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Museum of the American Gangster

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.
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Pier 54: The Titanic's Arrival Destination

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.
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The Elevated Acre

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
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Hess Triangle

New York City's smallest piece of private property.
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Museum of Sex

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
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Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)

Become a prohibition rebel.
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Greenacre Park

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
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Please Don't Tell

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
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Obscura Antiques and Oddities

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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Explorers Club Headquarters

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.