Manhattan - 24 Attractions You Must Visit

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About Manhattan

This is the most populous city in the United states and the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and is also home to the headquarters of United Nations.

Types of Attractions in Manhattan

Activities Around

List of Attractions in Manhattan

American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History

Man-made Structures- Other

Museums

Old Ruins

This is the largest natural history museum in the world. The complex comprises 26 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library and the collections contain over 34 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts and more.

Battery Park

Battery Park

Outdoors- Other

Parks

This is a public park which has an area of 25 acre located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island. The park contains attractions such as an old fort named Castle Clinton; multiple monuments; and the SeaGlass Carousel. The park and surrounding area is named for the artillery batteries that were built in the late 17th century to protect the settlement behind them.

Belvedere Castle

Belvedere Castle

Iconic Buildings

Man-made Structures- Other

Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan. It contains exhibit rooms and an observation deck, and since 1919, it has also housed the official Central Park weather station. Its name comes from belvedere, which means "beautiful view" in Italian.

Brookfield Place

Brookfield Place

Malls

Man-made Structures- Other

Shopping- Other

Brookfield Place, built and still commonly referred to as the World Financial Center, is a shopping center and office-building complex located across West Street from the World Trade Center in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

Bryant Park

Bryant Park

Outdoors- Other

Parks

A large public park which was located in Newyork County which was managed privately. The park hosts several events, including a seasonal "Winter Village" with an ice rink and shops during the winter.

Castle Clinton National Monument

Castle Clinton National Monument

Iconic Buildings

Man-made Structures- Other

Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton, previously known as Castle Garden, is a circular sandstone fort now located in Battery Park, in Manhattan built from 1808 to 1811, it was the first U.S. immigration station, it has also functioned as a beer garden, exhibition hall, theater, and public aquarium. Castle Clinton National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

Central Park

Central Park

Outdoors- Other

Parks

Botanical Gardens

Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City. It is the fifth-largest park in City. The park contains lakes, a castle, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Central Park Zoo. This Park has about 35,000,000 visitors every year. It is the most visited city park in the United States.

Central Park Zoo

Central Park Zoo

Outdoors- Other

Zoos

Botanical Gardens

The Central Park Zoo is a 6.5-acre zoo located at the southeast corner of Central Park in New York City. It is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Charging Bull

Charging Bull

Man-made Structures- Other

Sculptures

Sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull, is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. Charging Bull is a popular tourist destination that draws thousands of people a day, symbolizing Wall Street and the Financial District.

Empire State Building

Empire State Building

Iconic Buildings

Man-made Structures- Other

Notable Architectures

THis is a 102 story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet. the building is the seventh-tallest building in New York City, the sixth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, and the 45th-tallest in the world. It is also the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Man-made Structures- Other

Museums

Shipwrecks

The museum showcases the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the cruise missile submarine USS Growler, a Concorde SST, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise. On the lower deck there is also a reproduction of a World War I biplane and more.

Museum of Sex

Museum of Sex

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Museums

The Museum of Sex, also known as MoSex, is a sex museum located at Manhattan city. The official mission of this museum is "to preserve and present the history, evolution, and cultural significance of human sexuality.

Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall

Man-made Structures- Other

This is an entertainment venue which was located in the Avenue of the Americas, Midtown Manhattan. This large complex has so many things inside. A large Auditorium, 2 theatres, A huge music hall and more.

Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island

Outdoors- Other

Islands

A narrow island which was located in the centre of the east river Manhattan. Roosevelt Island is part of the borough of Manhattan. Roosevelt Island has many bicycle trails and walking paths for people to explore the island with. There is also a free bus service.

St. Patrick's Cathedral

St. Patrick's Cathedral

Churches

Iconic Buildings

Man-made Structures- Other

This Mighty structure is a Decorated Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in the Manhattan city of Newyork and it is a prominent landmark of the city and the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

Statue of Liberty National Monument

Statue of Liberty National Monument

Man-made Structures- Other

Sculptures

Notable Architectures

The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York, in the United States. The statue is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.

Tenement Museum

Tenement Museum

Iconic Buildings

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a National Historic Site. The Museum's two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011. The museum, which includes a visitors' center, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the immigrant experience.

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

Churches

Man-made Structures- Other

This is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. This is an unfinished building, with only ​2⁄3 of the proposed building having been completed, due to several major stylistic changes and work interruptions.

The Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum

Man-made Structures- Other

Museums

The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts. This is the first Jewish museum in the United States, as well as the oldest existing Jewish museum in the world, it contains the largest collection of art and Jewish culture excluding Israeli museums, more than 30,000 objects.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museums

Art Galleries

This is the largest museum in the United State and it was the third most visited art museum in the world. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments.

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