Places alysonwmiller Wants to Go

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.