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New York, New York

Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.
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Roosevelt Island Lighthouse

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
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Grand Central Oyster Bar

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
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Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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One Times Square

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.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
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Toynbee Tiles

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
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Merchant's House Museum

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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The Daily News Building Globe

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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The Hangman's Elm

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
Queens, New York

Panorama of the City of New York

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
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Titanic Memorial

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
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The Grolier Club

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
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Macy's Wooden Escalators

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
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'The Sphere'

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
Queens, New York

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
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Statue of Liberty's Original Torch

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

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
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Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
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The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.