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New York, New York

The New York New Church

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.
New York, New York

Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.
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The Brown Building

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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The Lightship Frying Pan

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
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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.
New York, New York

The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
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New York Society Library

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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George Glazer Gallery

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
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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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Toynbee Tiles

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
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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.
New York, New York

The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
New York, New York

Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York

Titanic Memorial

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
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Sidewalk Subway Map

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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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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United Palace Theatre

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
New York, New York

The Manhattan Well Murder

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.