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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

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

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

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Become a prohibition rebel.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

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

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

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

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

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

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

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.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.