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Antonín Dvořák's Home

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.
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The Jane Hotel

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
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Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Bellevue Hospital

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
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Pier 54: The Titanic's Arrival Destination

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.
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The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
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James Farley Post Office Museum

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
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New York Cancer Hospital

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.
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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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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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Gay Liberation

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
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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 Little Church Around the Corner

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
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The Old McGraw-Hill Building

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.
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41 Cooper Square

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
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The New York New Church

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.
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Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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Paley Park

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
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Governors Island

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
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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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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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Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
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Gimbel's Bridge

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.