16 of the best things to do in New York City – Lonely Planet

1. Visit the iconic Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The dramatic, iconic and copper-green Statue of Liberty dominates a small island in New York Harbor and casts its protective shadow over neighboring Ellis Island, the site of a stirring Immigration Museum.Still symbolic today, they together served as an uplifting gateway through which over 12 million immigrants passed from 1892 to 1924.

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