Statue of Liberty
France's gift to the U.S.: a crowned, robed woman raising a torch over New York Harbor, long read as a welcome to immigrants arriving by sea.
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Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designed the copper-clad figure; Gustave Eiffel built its metal framework. Shipped from France in crates and assembled on Bedloe's Island, it was dedicated in 1886 and has been kept by the National Park Service since 1933.
What to look for
- The tablet in her left hand, inscribed JULY IV MDCCLXXVI — July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence date
- A broken chain and shackle under her left foot, marking abolition of slavery after the Civil War
- The raised right-hand torch, closed to the public since 1916
Only limited numbers can reach the pedestal rim and the interior of the crown; the torch stays off-limits to visitors.
Statue of Liberty is one of 38 sights worth the detour in New York, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the New York pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in New York
- Empire State BuildingRide up to the 86th- or 102nd-floor deck and look straight down on Midtown Manhattan.
- World Trade Center & 9/11 MemorialTwo reflecting pools now sit in the exact footprints where the Twin Towers stood until September 11, 2001.
- Wall StreetUnder 2,000 feet of pavement that stands in for all of American finance — named for a wall that hasn't existed since 1699.
- The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art)1.5 million works under one roof, from Sumerian stone to modern American rooms — a day here barely scratches it.
- Central ParkThe most visited urban park in the US — an estimated 42 million visits a year — built by hand on the razed land of a Black settlement, Seneca Village.
- Brooklyn BridgeCross the East River on the bridge that was the world's longest suspension span when it opened in 1883 — on a promenade raised 18 feet above the traffic.