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New York, New York

Toloache

Discover the taste of mold.
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New York, New York

Museum of American Finance

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?
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Florence, Italy

Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents)

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
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New York, New York

The John Street Methodist Church

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.
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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.
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New York, New York

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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New York, New York

5 Beekman Street

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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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.
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Queens, New York

The Underground Home

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.
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Bellerose, New York

Queens County Farm Museum

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.
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New York, New York

P.S. 186

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
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Queens, New York

Steinway Piano Factory

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.
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New York, New York

Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
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Queens, New York

Houdini's Grave

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.
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New York, New York

Frick Bowling Alley

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.
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New York, New York

Explorers Club Headquarters

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

The Lab (Electric Warehouse)

A Bed-Stuy gymnasium that hosts expansive raves, performances, dance parties, and more.
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Queens, New York

Elevator Historical Society

Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.
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Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Theatre Fire Memorial

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.
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Brooklyn, New York

Bushwick City Farms

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.
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Queens, New York

Brooklyn Grange Farms and Apiary

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.
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New York, New York

Strecker Memorial Laboratory

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
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Brooklyn, New York

Digester Eggs

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.
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New York, New York

Greenacre Park

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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