New York City, also known as the Big Apple, is an ideal fantasy getaway for any person. There are several activities to indulge in, in this city, which would be ideal for any sort of enthusiast of any field. Here, there are incredible bakeries, underground symbolization shows, historical buildings, and of course the very famous Broadway. However, equally amazing are the secretive and (a tad) eerie places that are existent in this beautiful city. Let us now take a look at the top 5 freakish places in New York City...
5. The Underbelly Project
In New York City, there exists an exhibition of street workmanship painted on the walls of a relinquished subway station. Where it is, no one truly knows, with the exception of those who created it and
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However, you need to go and seek this treasure at your own risk, especially as the whole project has been an illegal one and is hence hidden from the public eye. And what's more, it's of course free. Hence, if a person wants an extraordinary story and an astonishing discovery, he/she should go in search for the secret Underbelly Project.
4. State Island Boat Graveyard
The Staten Island Graveyard is one of the scariest places in New York. It is in an overlooked corner of the city. The place is a small piece of Arthur Kill Road conduit where several relinquished boats slowly sink and decompose into the swampy grave. Everything rots in this burial ground, and it somehow manages to retain its frightful aura. It can be found on Arthur Kill Road which is close to Rossville Avenue, 13 miles away from the ship terminal.
3. Old Atlantic Avenue Subway Tunnel
The Atlantic Avenue subway tunnel, found in Brooklyn, has a legendary status. It was mentioned in the New York Times in 1893, relating it to tunnel pirates, and H.P. Lovecraft, in 1927, also used it in one of his
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Beautiful, isn't it? Now what if someone told you that the tranquil grass-park that you are gazing at is, in reality, a cemetery? That is exactly how the New York Marble Cemetery is. Located behind the Bowery Hotel, this cemetery, which was founded in the year 1830, does not contain tombstones. Instead, the dead are buried in underground marble vaults here, which are marked by plaques. This is why most people, who admire the beauty of this place, are ignorant of its other secret. The place is usually closed for visitors, except for a few hours on the fourth Sundays in the months of April-October.
1. Cold War Bomb Shelter
The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States of America, is indeed an amazing and wonderful piece of architecture. However, what many people aren't aware of is that this bridge also houses a secret Bomb Shelter, probably built around the Cold War period.
The hidden chamber, which was discovered in the year 2006, is situated just under the Brooklyn Bridge's entrance at Lower Manhattan. In the room were found provisions - blankets, water containers, medicines, even crackers! - that were to be made use of, on the event of a nuclear attack. The supply boxes bore dates 1957 and 1962, which in turn led to an understanding that it was made during the Cold War. The exact location of the room is however, presently
It is well-known as one of the 20th century’s greatest mysteries, and still, years later, incites thought in today’s society, where historians are investigating possibilities, interviewing different people, and expressing conspiracies.
The idea of graves representing memory is introduced in Part I of the collection within the poem “Graveyard Blues”. The final stanza of the poem says, “I wander now among the names of the dead: My mother’s name, stone pillow for my head” (8). First, while the word grave does not appear within this line, it is heavily implied by the speaker using her mother’s name as a stone pillow. The reader can deduce that this line is referring to a gravestone as when one thinks of a gravestone they usually picture an upright slab of rock with the name of the deceased engraved within it, and both of these elements are emphasized within this line. The main way that this line alludes to personal
In the novel The Dead, Gabriel Conroy, who is the nephew of Julia and Kate Morkan, is the main character of the story. One night he and his wife attended a party, which was given by his two aunts, and there were many other members in the party. The story revolves around their life and memories.Gabriel Conroy felt a blur between his soul and the dead. Some people died, but they are still alive because they have true love. Some people are alive, but they are still dead because they never love.I like the story for three reasons.
The graves of many famous people are at Arlington Nationel Cemetary. It did not start out that way. In 1861, a Confederate General and his wife owned the house and the land. That General was Robert E. Lee. His house was across the river from Washington, D.C. The Union Army took over the land at the start of the Civil War. Union soldiers that were killed in the war was buried near the house. These soldiers were poor. Their families could not pay for them to be buried. Arlington was called a "potter's field." A potters field is a place where poor or unknown people are buried. After the war, something odd started to happen. Union officers asked to be buried at Arlington. They wanted to be near those men who had been in the war with them. Americans
New York: 9/11 Memorial and Museum: This memorial and museum of 9/11 was my favorite site in New York and it also taught me a few life lessons. When you first walk up to the sight there are these two breathtaking fountains in the shape of the square buildings that use to stand straight up. Then around the squared fountains the names of all the victims are written. Just by looking at the fountains it taught me the first lesson, to never take life for granted no matter the situation. Realizing that the victims arose that morning not realizing that it would be their last morning getting out of bed, it disturbs and rattles you a bit. When I sat back and just watched the water flow in the middle of the fountain, it truly hit me that these were all
Intelligence on Unit 731 found. Undisclosed to the public. Censured from history books. Covert underground research facility for biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical forms of warfare.
When the class was told that we would have an obituary assignment, I thought it would be really interesting to do because when do you ever think to write your own obituary? I understand that writing the obituary would make it more surreal, that one day our life will come to an end. I remember you telling the class to try to put a picture of ourselves on our obituary to make us believe it really happened, so that’s what I did. I can say that after this assignment, it did make me think more about how I live my life and what things I should change.
City of Miami Cemetery which is located in Miami, state Florida, considered as the city’s oldest cemetery. This historical place located in the address: 1800 NE 2nd Ave
Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the biggest cemeteries in New York City and it's located in Woodlawn Heights. The special thing about this place is that it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery was built during the Civil War and many great personalities in the American arts such as Herman Melville, and musicians Irving Berlin, Miles Davis, etc.
On February 28th, 1944, the “Secret room” got its first and only time to actually hide the 7 Jews in the ten Boom household. It seemed, somehow,
During World War II, in the article " Isabelle Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories" the FBI tried looking for the stolen items but could never find them. They searched day and night to find what they were looking for. Nothing seemed to turn up. So they just had to wait and wait until something showed up.The investigation went
One aspect of the Museum that contributes significantly to it being a historical site is the slurry wall. This wall was built to withstand any such attack on the World Trade Center. It helps the visitors to understand what took place on that day. According to an article published on the 9/11 Memorial website, “the ‘slurry wall’ stands as a surviving retaining wall of the World Trade Center that withstood the devastation of 9/11 and presented a testament of the survival and determination” (“Foundation Hall”). During the recovery and rebuilding period, workers manage to reserve one of the columns of the Trade Center from the rubble, this is called the last column, which is the backdrop of the slurry wall, and column is approximately 36 feet tall lined with mementos, memorial inscriptions and poster of missing persons. The 9/11 Memorial reinforces that this wall will promote reflection on the foundation of a resoluteness, hope, and community with which we might build our communal future. (“Foundation Hall”). This slurry wall is one aspect of the memorial that made it a historical site; however, another element that honors its history are the reflection pools. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey described the memorial site as “It consists of two reflected pools and each nearly an acre in size, which feature the largest man-made
I have been to Times Square for two times, and I have a very deep impression on it. It locates in the interchange of Manhattan 42 west street and Broadway avenue. It is interesting that Times Square is
Once upon a time there was a secret spy who was stationed in china by the United States. He was pretending to be a Chinese army engineer working on a top secret base underwater and inside a mountain. The base was being made to hide a new, special, huge submarine that was wide than two football fields side by side and was 5 stories tall. This sub was made to be a D-day safe place and to be a mobile office for the empower and his secret service. The US spy, Jon, was a supposed to plant camera in the sub so the US could see what they were really doing on board the Mammothine. the spy got all the micro-cameras in place and ready to transmit to the white house. About a week later the US turned on the cameras to test them.
With 1.2 metres thick walls lined with steel, the vaults were never broken into. The building above the vaults was struck directly with a bomb during World War II however this did not damage the vaults at all, despite the building being destroyed. A new building, Chancery House, was constructed ten years later,and since