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Brooklyn, New York

THNK1994 Museum

A Brooklyn exhibit all about Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding in 1994.
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New York, New York

The Former Home of New York's Playboy Club

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.
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New York, New York

Phone Booth Graveyard

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.
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New York, New York

NYC Barber Museum

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.
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Brooklyn, New York

Crown Finish Caves

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.
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Brooklyn, New York

Morbid Anatomy Museum

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.
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Ovid, New York

Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
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Staten Island, New York

The New York City Farm Colony

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.
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New York, New York

Houdini Revealed

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

Museum of the American Gangster

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

Goldbar

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.
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New York, New York

Obscura Antiques and Oddities

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
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Wading River, New York

Benson House

This house was used by the FBI to broadcast disinformation to the Nazis during World War II.
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Village of Pelham, New York

Pelham Picture House

A century-old historical movie theatre that plays a mix of independent and mainstream films.
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Rochester, New York

Sam Patch's Grave

Known by nicknames like the "Jersey Jumper" and the "Daring Yankee," Patch was the first famous daredevil in the United States.
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Albion, New York

Cobblestone Museum

Intact 125-year-old carpentry shop and Victorian house, along with cobblestone architecture structures.
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West Hills, New York

Jayne's Hill

The poet Walt Whitman was a frequent visitor to this spot, the highest on Long Island.
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Sag Harbor, New York

Sag Harbor Cinema

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.
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Elmont, New York

Secretariat Pole

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.
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Wassaic, New York

Wassaic Beehive Charcoal Kilns

These conical kilns measure an impressive 30 feet in diameter, and were once used to produce charcoal for a local blast furnace.
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Wolcott, New York

'Venus Rising From the Sea'

This elegant structure at the heart of a Finger Lakes town was originally a drinking fountain.
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Ossining, New York

Double Arch Bridge

At this site, two historic stone bridges spanning the Sing Sing Kill—one right on top of the other.
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Branchport, New York

The DeGeorge Barn

Explore an enormous collection of original Americana tucked away in a small hamlet.
Added by Poppy65
Rochester, New York

Cobb’s Hill

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.
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