Historic graveyards and local burial cultures
Explore historic graveyards and local burial cultures This tour explores the burial history and practices of six distinct cultures through time within New York City. Along the way, we’ll decode cemetery symbolism and funerary practices, uncovering the hidden, and sometimes controversial, gravesites ...
New York
2.5 hours
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Stroll through the maritime heritage of NYC
Come explore the old and the new at South Street Seaport, featuring the largest concentration of restored early 19th-century commercial buildings in New York, and the newly repurposed Tin Building as a culinary marketplace by Chef Jean-Georges. The tour starts at the Titanic Memorial located at the corner ...
New York
2 hours
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Explore New York’s Gilded Age in Lower Manhattan, far from the opulent mansions
The Gilded Age is synonymous with opulent mansions, grand parties and unimaginable wealth, but there is another side to the era. This tour will discuss the lives of the other residents of New York at the time: the poor tenement dwellers, the staff who worked for the rich, the politicos and journalists ...
New York
2 hours
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See remnants of the old Penn Station and the brand-new Moynihan Train Hall
When Pennsylvania Station opened its doors in 1910 the McKim, Mead, and White designed building was hailed as an engineering and architectural wonder. Despite being built to last the ages, however, it would be torn down only a few decades later. This walking tour is dedicated to what is, without a doubt, ...
New York
2 hours
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Sponsored by Washington Square Park Conservancy
*Please note, only 2 tickets per order From 1797 to 1826, parts of what is now Washington Square Park served as a potter's field and church burial ground. During this period, it provided free burials for the impoverished and victims of devastating yellow fever epidemics. The site also holds a dark ...
New York
1 hour
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American Revolution Walking Tour
This tour takes us from Bowling Green and the 1765 Stamp Act Riots all the way to NYC’s City Hall Park. I’ll be discussing and narrating the events that took place in New York leading up to the war, the fun characters in our city’s wartime saga like Isaac Sears, Cadwallader Colden, and of course ...
New York
2 hours
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See the subway in a whole new way!
Explore the history, design, and inner workings of New York City’s subway on this guided walking tour through Lower Manhattan. This experience traces how the system was built, how it operates today, and how multiple generations of transit planning intersect beneath the city’s oldest streets. The ...
New York
2 hours
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Taste your way through the #1 food neighborhood in NYC
Taste your way through the #1 food neighborhood in NYC Overview New Yorkers know that the East Village is the city’s very best neighborhood for food and drink, with hundreds of restaurants offering food from every region of the world. Our tour gives you a taste of the delights that can be found here, ...
New York
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Exploring the Birthplace of Greenwich Village
The West Village is the birthplace of Greenwich Village, with a character and history that is distinct from its famous neighbors. It is a mystifying maze of picturesque lanes and winding streets, each with fascinating stories to tell. On this walking tour, we’ll explore the tangle of twisting streets ...
New York
2 hours
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Bus Trip • Private Mansion Tour • Lunch • Ages 12+
A Private VIP Tour through the Lockwood-Matthews Mansion and lunch hosted by The Gilded Gentleman (Best suited for adults with a Gilded Age interest, no children under 8 admitted.) Duration 6 hours (10 am pick up and drop off at 4 pm) Overview Join The Gilded Gentleman for a day-long bus trip to Norwalk, ...
New York
6 hours
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Exploring Brooklyn’s Famous Beach Neighborhood
Every year, millions of people descend upon this Brooklyn beach neighborhood to experience the beach and classic attractions. But most know only a fraction of the history. This tour will cover a century and a half of history, exploring how Coney Island became a beloved destination and is synonymous with ...
Brooklyn
2 hours
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Explore the evolution of the “Eighth Wonder of the World”
Often called the the "Eighth Wonder of the World", the Brooklyn Bridge is not only one of NYC's most famous landmarks, but was a game-changing engineering marvel. On this tour, we will walk its span, and explore how it was designed and constructed. We will discuss the Roeblings (John, ...
New York
2 hours
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