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Tammany Hall

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
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Jeffrey's Hook Light

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
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The Brown Building

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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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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The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
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The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
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Sylvan Terrace

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Keen's Steakhouse

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.
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Merchant's House Museum

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.
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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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Toynbee Tiles

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
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Hamilton Grange

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
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Holiday Nostalgia Train

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
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Sidewalk Subway Map

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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Governors Island

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
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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 Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
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Shopsin's

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
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The Manhattan Well Murder

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
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Irish Hunger Memorial

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
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Barthman's Sidewalk Clock

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
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Burger Joint

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
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The Morris-Jumel Mansion

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.