NYC Tours That Surprise Even New Yorkers

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Discover the Secrets of Grand Central

750,000 people walk through Grand Central every day. Almost none of them know about the tennis court hidden above the concourse, the private apartment built for a 1920s tycoon, or why the ceiling is painted backwards. In 90 minutes, you will.

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Gilded Age room on the Upper East Side

Explore Fifth Avenue's Gilded Age Mansions

The Vanderbilts, Astors, and Carnegies didn't just live on Fifth Avenue, they shaped it. The facades, the institutions, the rivalries, and the scandals are still written into every block. This tour reads them.

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chair inside abandoned room

Step Inside Ellis Island's Abandoned Hospital

The only tour in New York City that takes you inside Ellis Island’s Contagious Disease Hospital, closed to the public since 1954, and still frozen in time.

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Woolworth building lobby
90 Minutes - $45

Woolworth Building Exclusive Access Tour

Explore NYC's stunning "Cathedral of Commerce!"

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Secrets of Grand Central TourView of Grand Central Terminal's atrium
90 minutes - $42

Secrets of Grand Central Tour

Discover the many Secrets of this iconic building including its hidden tennis court!

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NYC Underground Subway Tour- Chambers Street Station
2 Hours - $42

NYC Underground Subway Tour

Discover the surprising history of the NYC Subway

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gilded age mansion facade
2 Hours - $42

Fifth Avenue Gilded Age Mansions Tour

Take a stroll along Fifth Avenue as it was when millionaires’ mansions lined the illustrious street!

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Grand Brasserie at Grand Central Terminal
2 Hours - $63.60

Grand Central Nightcap Tour

Enjoy sips and secrets inside this iconic landmark as night falls!

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Ellis Island Hospital Hard Hat Tour- empty room
4 Hours - $96

Abandoned Ellis Island Hard Hat Tour

Exclusive Hard Hat Tour inside the usually off-limits hospital

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Group of nurses sitting on the steps of the hospital
4 hours - $96

Nursing Tour in Abandoned Hospital

Uncover the medical history inside Ellis Island's Abandoned Hospital

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Met Opera auditorium
75 Minutes - $42

Met Opera Backstage Tour

Peek behind the curtain and explore backstage areas typically off-limits to the public!

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Chrysler Building and GE Building
2 hours - $42

Art Deco Icons of NYC Tour

Uncover Art Deco concourses and subway entrances beneath our feet!

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EXTERIOR OF THE MET MUSEUM
2 hours · $99 per person

Met Museum Insider Tour

Explore the Museum with an Insider!

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Remnants of New Amsterdam Tour
2 Hours - $39

Remnants of New Amsterdam Tour

Discover the many hidden Dutch relics south of Wall Street

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Greenwich Village Coffee Tour
2 Hours - $49

Greenwich Village Coffee Tour and Tasting

Discover the surprising history of coffee in New York City while exploring its iconic birthplace: Greenwich Village.

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Temple Emanu-El
2 Hours - $39

Jewish Stories of the Gilded Age on NYC's Upper East Side

Explore Jewish life in Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century!

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2 hours · From $52 per person

NYC’s Irish History Tour

From the shores of Cobh to the streets of NYC, discover how Irish immigrants have shaped our city!

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Portraits of Tesla and Edison
2 Hours - $39

Edison, Tesla & NYC's First Electric Grid Tour

Explore the origins of the electric age in Lower Manhattan!

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Brooklyn Subway Tour
2 Hours - $39

Brooklyn Underground Subway Tour

Discover the secrets of the NYC subway in Brooklyn

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Man holding a slice of pizza on Taste of New York Tour with Untapped New York
3 Hours - $79

A Taste of New York: Food Tour of Manhattan

Uncover tales of immigrant life in on this food and history tour!

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A tour group poses outside a power plant in Inwood
2.5 Hours - $52

Inwood’s Hidden Power & Transit Infrastructure Tour

Uncover the often overlooked networks that keep NYC running!

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2 Hours - $39

Secrets of Penn Station & Moynihan Train Hall

Discover hidden remnants of the old Penn Station the new Moynihan Train Hall!

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Secrets of the Brooklyn Bridge Tourempty
2 Hours - $39

Secrets of Brooklyn Bridge & DUMBO

Discover the secrets & hidden gems of NYC's most famous bridge and the surrounding neighborhood!

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Brill Building
2 Hours - $39

1960s Pop in NYC: Brill Building to The Beatles Tour

Explore the birthplace of 1960s pop music in Manhattan with a music industry professional!

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Remnants of the World's Fair TourNY State World's Fairs Pavilion Flushing Meadows Corona Park
2 Hours - $48

Remnants of the World's Fair Tour

Didn’t make it to the 1939/40 or 1964/65 World’s Fairs? Here's your chance!

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3 Hours - $62

Powering NYC: East River Ferry Tour

What keeps the city that never sleeps running, and where do they hide the stuff that does it?

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East River Greenway and the Queensboro Bridge
2 Hours - $52

Hidden Steam Systems of the East Side

Uncover secrets of the steam system that powers NYC's most iconic landmarks!

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Skynet art at Fulton Center subway
2 hours · From $42 per person

Underground Subway Art Tour

Uncover works of art hidden in plain sight below the streets of NYC!

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Washington Square Arch
1.5 hours · From $42 per person

Washington Square & the Birth of 5th Ave

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of NYC's famous thoroughfare on a tour of lower 5th Ave.

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Explore the best of what NYC has to offer from the comfort of your home! We offer several live webinars a week, on-demand virtual tours and more!

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