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Obscura Antiques and Oddities

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
New York, New York

West Terrace at the Cloisters

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.
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Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
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Shorakkopoch Rock

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.
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The Former Offices of McKim, Mead and White

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.
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African Burial Ground National Monument

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
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William Lescaze Townhouse

New York City's first Modernist house.
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Chester A. Arthur Inauguration and Death House

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.
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Rivers Cosmogram

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.
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Matryoshka at Wall Street Bath & Spa 88

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.
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Gem Spa

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.
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Norwegian Seamen's Church

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.
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Edward Mooney House

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
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St. George's Syrian Catholic Church

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.
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The Village Gate Sign

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.
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Seaman-Drake Arch

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.
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The Remnants of Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
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Staple Street Skybridge

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
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Queensboro Trolley Kiosk

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.
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Bristol Basin

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.
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The Wertheim Study

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.
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Bill's Place

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.
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Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
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Poster House Museum

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.