This curated scavenger hunt celebrates Pride and tests your LGBT history knowledge. Where did civil rights activist and literary icon James Baldwin reside? At what community church did transgender activist Sylvia Rivera find community on the Far West Side (the congregation renamed the food pantry in her honor)? Know the answers? Take part in the hunt! To get credit for solving a clue, check in at the location (tap the lock button to the left; if you’re in the right place, it will turn green). Each location you check in to is worth a single point. For clues that start with a camera emoji (📸), tap the image to re-create the historical photo for an additional point. After you’ve lined up your re-creation, please remember to tap the “submit to hunt” button.

"Egyptomania," a kind of feverish obsession with ancient Egypt, had spread throughout Europe and America after Napoleon's campaign in Egypt ended in 1802. By 1922, this craze was renewed after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Take a tour of some of New York's own artifacts that reference both Egyptian and Assyrian art.

Mecca Temple ARCHITECT: H. P. Knowles DATE: 1922-24 STYLE: Moorish-inspired Designed by Harry P. Knowles in a Moorish-inspired style which is both symbolic and functionally expressive, the building is a major example of fraternal architecture. In 1943, under the leadership of Mayor LaGuardia, the building became the home of the City Center of Music and Drama, where it fostered a vast array of performing arts, including the New York City Ballet and the New York City Opera, for the people of New York City.

Built in 1924. The group that constructed the enormous Moorish-style temple was known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, or the "Shriners" in short. Though their name suggests they may have been affiliated with a religious cause, the fraternity was an offshoot of the order of Freemasons. The Shriners were established by an actor, William Jermyn Florence, and a surgeon, Dr. Walter Millard Flemming. The group wasn't interested in mysticism by any means, but rather "fun, fellowship...love, relief, and truth." From the group's conception, Florence and Flemming stressed a policy of fun in support of medical research. They met in various locations around New York before purchasing a plot on 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue. Legend has it, they met in Carnegie hall before they were evicted for producing an intolerable amount of cigar smoke. The Shriners, red fez-wearers themselves, were taken aback by a mysterious Orient and went about designing and constructing a massive mosque-like structure to host their own meetings and with auditoriums which could be leased out to rake in some extra cash. The site was bought from Yale University for $400,000 and had been the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation's movie studio site. The Shriners were fittingly just as theatrical as the previous tenant. Architect, Shriner, and Master Mason Harry P. Knowles, who was known for neo-Moorish constructions, designed Mecca Temple before he passed away in 1923. Firm Clinton & Russell were then brought on to carry out Knowles' designs. The ornate structure, with romanticized Ottoman and Andalusian elements, was the largest Masonic Shrine in the city. Its hall seats 3,500 and is topped with a red terracotta-tiled dome crowned by the Scimitar and Crescent - symbols of the Shrine. In contrast to the colorful interior, its facade was of sandstone and nearly completely flat, save for shallow-arched recesses. The Landmark Preservation Committee characterized the Temple's outward appearance as a "huge sandstone cube...which is articulated by a cornice of heavy dentils...and the chamfered upper corners making the transition to the great, glazed tiled dome." The design of the temple came from no specific precedent overseas but drew upon Knowles' academic knowledge of the Alhambra, various Egyptian Temples, and expertise in navigating an elevational scheme that meshed a monolithic presence with carefully-scaled entrances. The Mecca Temple included an auditorium and three Masonic Lodge rooms. Steep balconies in the grand auditorium required all sorts of structural acrobatics to be performed. Unfortunately for the Shriners, the financial crash of 1929 left them so bruised that they were unable to pay taxes on the building and it became city property. However, architectural tourists looking to travel to this "Mecca," an example of an arabesque architectural wonder nestled in the towering apartments of Midtown need not fear. Mayor LaGuardia saved the building from demolition in the early 1940s by converting it to a performing arts center. Presently, it is a home of groups such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Manhattan Theater Club, The Flamenco Festival, and Martha Graham Dance Company.