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New York, New York

Slocum Memorial Fountain

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.
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Goldbar

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.
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La Plaza Cultural

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.
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Billy's Antiques and Props

A veritable variety of odds and ends.
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Eight Mile Creek

Skewer up Kangaroo.
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Physical Graffiti Building

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
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Catacombs of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.
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Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
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Houston Bowery Art Wall

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.
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Hare Krishna Tree

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
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New York Marble Cemetery

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
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Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.
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190 Bowery

The greatest real estate coup of all time.
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'The Sale of Manhattan'

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.
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Holiday Nostalgia Train

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
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Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
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The Relic Chapel at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square

Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

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

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.
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Brooklyn Bridge Love Locks

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

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
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Economy Candy

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.
New York, New York

Nom Wah Tea Parlor

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.