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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.
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The Webster Apartments

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
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William J. Syms Operating Theatre

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.
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Roosevelt Island Lighthouse

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
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The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
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Site of New York Slave Market

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
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Museum of American Finance

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?
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New York City Fire Museum

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
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Padre Pio Shrine

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
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Spotlight on Broadway Map

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
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The Marriage of Money and Real Estate

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.
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Museum of Chinese in America

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.
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Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.
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Museum at Eldridge Street

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
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The Oldest Fence in New York

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
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The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
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Paley Park

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
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The Wizard of Park Avenue

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
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One Times Square

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
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New York City Police Museum

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
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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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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb

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