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Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House/National Museum of the American Indian Be the First to Rate It Map \| The beaux arts Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (1907) is...	Museums / Galleries, Native American Sites	Lower Manhattan

Brooklyn Bridge Member Rating: 4.7 Map \| "A drive-through cathedral" is how the critic James Wolcott describes...	Bridges / Tunnels	Lower Manhattan

City Hall Be the First to Rate It Map \| You just might spot news crews jockeying on the front steps as...	Government Buildings	Lower Manhattan

Ellis Island Member Rating: 5.0 Map \| Between 1892 and 1924, approximately 12 million men, women, and...	Museums / Galleries	Lower Manhattan

Federal Hall National Memorial Be the First to Rate It Map \| It's a museum now, but this site has a most notable claim: George...	Memorials / Monuments	Lower Manhattan

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Be the First to Rate It Map \| With its imposing mix of sandstone, limestone, and ironwork...	Financial Institutions	Lower Manhattan

Fraunces Tavern Be the First to Rate It Map \| In his pre-presidential days as a general, George Washington...	Museums / Galleries	Lower Manhattan

Museum of American Finance Be the First to Rate It Map \| This Smithsonian Institution affiliate has made it big on Wall...	Museums / Galleries	Lower Manhattan

Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Be the First to Rate It Map \| In a granite 85-foot hexagon at the southern end of Battery Park...	Museums / Galleries	Lower Manhattan

New York City Police Museum Be the First to Rate It Map \| Why are police called cops? Why does a police badge have eight...	Museums / Galleries	Lower Manhattan

New York Stock Exchange Be the First to Rate It Map \| Unfortunately you can't tour it, but it's certainly worth ogling...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Lower Manhattan

Skyscraper Museum Be the First to Rate It Map \| Opposite the Museum of Jewish Heritage, this small museum will...	Museums / Galleries	Lower Manhattan

South Street Seaport Historic District Be the First to Rate It Map \| Had this charming cobblestone corner of the city not been declared...	Nautical Sites	Lower Manhattan

St. Paul's Chapel Be the First to Rate It Map \| For more than a year after the World Trade Center attacks, the...	Religious Sites	Lower Manhattan

Staten Island Ferry Be the First to Rate It Map \| About 70,000 people ride the ferry every day, and you should...	Nautical Sites	Lower Manhattan

Statue of Liberty Member Rating: 4.6 Map \| For millions of immigrants, the first glimpse of America was...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Lower Manhattan

Trinity Church Be the First to Rate It Map \| Alexander Hamilton is buried under a white-stone pyramid in the...	Religious Sites	Lower Manhattan

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Be the First to Rate It Map \| At the center of a triangular plaza sits this 14-foot-high, 70-foot-long...	Memorials / Monuments	Lower Manhattan

Woolworth Building Be the First to Rate It Map \| Until 40 Wall Street stole the title in 1930, the 792-foot Woolworth...	Architectural Sites	Lower Manhattan

World Trade Center site Be the First to Rate It Map \| On September 11, 2001, terrorist hijackers steered two commercial...	Architectural Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Lower Manhattan

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