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New York, New York

Museum of Chinese in America

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.
Added by susanli
New York, New York

Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.
Added by Henry
New York, New York

C-Squat

A notorious punk house turned co-op.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
New York, New York

Carnegie Hall Archives

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Brooklyn, New York

Undertaker's Ledgers

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
New York, New York

Secret Apartment in the Fort Washington Library

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
Sarah Laskow Added by Sarah Laskow
New York, New York

The Jane Hotel

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
George Geary Added by George Geary
New York, New York

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.
Added by Trippnmama
Queens, New York

The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
New York, New York

Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
New York, New York

The Lightship Frying Pan

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
jamesb Added by jamesb
Brooklyn, New York

Minerva Monument

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Added by FungusFan
New York, New York

Nikola Tesla Street Corner

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
Alicia Bones Added by Alicia Bones
New York, New York

The Sugar House Prison Window

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Queens, New York

The Birthplace of Scrabble

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
Andres Schiffino Added by Andres Schiffino
New York, New York

Lenin Statue at Red Square

Salute the leader of the proletariat.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
New York, New York

Church of the Intercession

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
Added by michelleferlito
Brooklyn, New York

Tomb of Secrets at Green-Wood Cemetery

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
New York, New York

Brooklyn Bridge Fallout Shelter

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.
Added by claude chappe
Brooklyn, New York

Commercial Street Cat Village

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.
kastoory Added by kastoory
New York, New York

Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
New York, New York

Venetian Room

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Queens, New York

Calvary Cemetery

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.
Allison Added by Allison
New York, New York

The Burns Archive

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
Ella Morton Added by Ella Morton