New York State

by nutmegwanders

69 Places

New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Rebekah Otto

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New York, New York

Please Don't Tell

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

Oliver Hong

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New York, New York

Track 61

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

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New York, New York

The Elevated Acre

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

Luke J Spencer

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New York, New York

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Oliver Hong

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New York, New York

Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Luke J Spencer

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New York, New York

Greenacre Park

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Oliver Hong

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Haines Falls, New York

Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

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New York, New York

Mysterious Bookshop

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

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New York, New York

Brazenhead Books

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

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Orchard Park, New York

Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

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New York, New York

6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan's Secret Street

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

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Woodstock, New York

Overlook Mountain House Ruins

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

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New York, New York

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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Queens, New York

Fort Totten

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Luke J Spencer

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New York, New York

Burger Joint

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Oliver Hong

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New York, New York

Strawberry Fields Memorial

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

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New York, New York

Sidewalk Subway Map

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Oliver Hong

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Brooklyn, New York

Sunshine Laundromat

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

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New York, New York

Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

New York, New York

The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park

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

Luke J Spencer

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New York, New York

George Glazer Gallery

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

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New York, New York

New York Society Library

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

New York, New York

The Daily News Building Globe

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

Luke J Spencer

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Rhinebeck, New York

Wyndcliffe Mansion

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Luke J Spencer

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New York, New York

Statue of Liberty's Original Torch

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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Ithaca, New York

The A. D. White Library

The library of every book lover's dreams.

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Ithaca, New York

Six Mile Creek

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Townhouse Secret Subway Exit

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

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New York, New York

The Wizard of Park Avenue

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

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Syracuse, New York

Tree of 40 Fruit

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

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New York, New York

The Lightship Frying Pan

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

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Little Falls, New York

Beardslee Castle

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

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Brooklyn, New York

Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

New York, New York

Jeffrey's Hook Light

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

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Rosendale, New York

Widow Jane Mine

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

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Howes Cave, New York

Howe Caverns

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

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Brooklyn, New York

Bellocq Tea

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Kingston, New York

Four Corners

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

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Dover Plains, New York

Dover Plains Stone Church

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

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Petersburg, New York

The Snow Hole

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

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Keeseville, New York

Ausable Chasm

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

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New Hyde Park, New York

Denton House McDonald's

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

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Corning, New York

Corning Museum of Glass

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

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Sands Point, New York

Execution Rocks Lighthouse

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

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Staten Island, New York

Tugboat Graveyard

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

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Wellesley Island, New York

Just Room Enough Island

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

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Brooklyn, New York

Camperdown Elm

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

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