Places cicirude Wants to Go

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

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

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.