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The Great West Point Chain Hoax That Conned Mayors and Musuems
Con artists were no strangers to early New York City. At one time or another, nearly every major landmark in
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A City Full of History: Where is the Center of New York City?
We’re back with the video series “A City Full of History,” delving into the lesser known aspects of New
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When Manhattan had a Tower Just for Manufacturing Lead Bullets, the Youle Shot Tower
We’re back with the video series “A City Full of History,” delving into the lesser known aspects of New
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When Soho Had 10,000 Square Foot Illuminated Panorama Painting Showing Exotic Places Around the World
We’re back with the video series “A City Full of History,” delving into the lesser known aspects of New
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Inwood Hill Park's Secret Native American Caves
We’re back with the video series “A City Full of History,” delving into the lesser known aspects of New
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The Secret Plot to Kidnap Benedict Arnold in NYC
We’re back with the video series “A City Full of History,” delving into the lesser known aspects of New
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Find the Stone Pillars Used to Test Grand Central’s Facade with ‘City Full of History’ Episode 4
We’re back with the video series “A City Full of History,” delving into the lesser known aspects of New
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Why NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is Crowned With Piles of Blocks
Renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt designed the Fifth Avenue façade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1894 as the
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Bowling Green Park Has the Oldest Fence in NYC, A Cast Iron Witness to the American Revolution
We’re back with the video series “A City Full of History,” delving into the lesser known aspects of New
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The Norwegians Who Crossed the Atlantic from NYC in a Rowboat in 1896
Untapped Cities contributor Dan Thurber, who runs the YouTube channel Bookworm History, has launched a new series called “A City
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Grand Central Terminal’s Fly-On-The-Wall (Or Technically, the Ceiling)
Arguably one of the most famous ceilings in the world, the mural high above Grand Central Terminal’s main concourse
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The Hidden History of the Celestial Grand Central Ceiling
Even before Grand Central Terminal officially opened on February 2, 1913 New Yorkers were teased with descriptions of the mural