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On the southwest corner of Central Park West and 106th Street in New York City, there's an enormous castle. It…

In 1914, the government of New York City took ownership of a Manhattan apartment building belonging to one David…

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As humans have developed cities and built environments, we have also needed to develop ways to find our way through…

The best knock-offs in the world are in China. There are plenty of fake designer handbags and Rolexes but China's…

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In just about every movie set in New York City in the 1970s and 80s there's an establishing shot with a…

In 1869, the bathtubs in the basement of the US Capitol building looked something like the painting below.