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Dead Horse Bay is one of exploration.

1. Dead Horse Bay

7.0
Belt parkway, New York, NY
Scenic Lookout · 6 tips and reviews
New York Stock Exchange is one of exploration.

2. New York Stock Exchange

8.3
11 Wall St (btwn Broadway & Broad St), New York, NY
Financial Service · Financial District · 115 tips and reviews
The Plaza Hotel is one of exploration.

3. The Plaza Hotel

9.0
5th Avenue, Central Park South (at Central Park S), New York, NY
Hotel · Midtown East · 234 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: This historic landmark hotel has been seen in dozens of movies. Catch a glimpse through while making your way to Central Park.

Chrysler Building is one of exploration.

4. Chrysler Building

8.5
405 Lexington Ave (at E 42nd St), New York, NY
Structure · Turtle Bay · 91 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: Unfortunately this beautiful Art Deco building’s observation deck has been closed since 1945. The marble lobby is open to visitors though, and it’s free!

Battery Park is one of exploration.

5. Battery Park

9.2
Battery Pl (at State St), New York, NY
Park · Financial District · 302 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: This is a really good place for a day of relaxing. If you're lucky the "Positive Brothers" are performing somewhere. They do awesome stunts!

The Cloisters is one of exploration.

6. The Cloisters

9.2
99 Margaret Corbin Dr (at Fort Tryon Pl), New York, NY
Museum · Hudson Heights · 250 tips and reviews

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: At this museum devoted to medieval art, a path winds through the peaceful grounds to a monastery that appears to have survived from the Middle Ages. Don’t miss the famed unicorn tapestries. Read more.

IRT Subway - City Hall (Abandoned) is one of exploration.

7. IRT Subway - City Hall (Abandoned)

6.9
City Hall Park (original IRT Station, now abandoned), New York, NY
Museum · Downtown Manhattan · 15 tips and reviews

Mike G.Mike Gonzalez: Stay on the 6 local downtown past the last stop and you will see the station out the right side as you loop around to go back uptown. For best results sit in the back. Great way to impress someone!

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of exploration.

8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

8.7
1071 5th Ave (at E 89th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 567 tips and reviews
Tenement Museum is one of exploration.

9. Tenement Museum

9.1
103 Orchard St (at Delancey St), New York, NY
History Museum · Lower East Side · 153 tips and reviews
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is one of exploration.

10. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

9.1
Pier 86 (at W 46th St & 12th Ave), New York, NY
History Museum · Hell's Kitchen · 348 tips and reviews

11. Woolworth Building

7.6
233 Broadway (btwn Park Pl & Barclay St), New York, NY
Structure · Tribeca · 28 tips and reviews
Belvedere Castle is one of exploration.

12. Belvedere Castle

9.1
79th St Transverse Rd, New York, NY
Castle · Central Park · 85 tips and reviews
The Keller Hotel is one of exploration.

13. The Keller Hotel

150 Barrow St, New York, NY
Boarding House · 1 tip

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: Keller’s was once a hotel for sailors and later an SRO. Today all that's left is its sad state of vacancy and a retro HOTEL sign still attached. See more: Read more.

Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is one of exploration.

14. Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

329 Greenpoint Ave., New York, NY
Government Building · 10 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: When you're visiting here, don't miss the abandoned Long Island Railroad Penny Bridge Station along the creek next to Cavalry Cemetery. Read more.

Tannen's Magic Shop is one of exploration.

15. Tannen's Magic Shop

7.7
45 W 34th St Rm 608 (btwn 5th & 6th), New York, NY
Hobby Store · Koreatown · 10 tips and reviews
New York Transit Museum Annex is one of exploration.

16. New York Transit Museum Annex

7.1
Grand Central Terminal (42nd and Park Avenue), New York, NY
History Museum · Midtown East · 30 tips and reviews
77 Water Street is one of exploration.

17. 77 Water Street

77 Water St, New York, NY
Structure · Financial District · 4 tips and reviews