Berlin, Germany
Hall of Mirrors in Clärchens Ballhaus
This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.
Places claracecile Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Brooklyn, New York
Bamonte's
Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.
Brooklyn, New York
Bushwick Schoolhouse
An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.
New York, New York
United Palace Theatre
One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
Baguio, Philippines
Cemetery of Negativism
A place where you can symbolically rid yourself of negative thoughts and attitudes.
New York, New York
Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
New York, New York
The Treasures in the Trash Collection
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
Brooklyn, New York
City Reliquary
Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.
Brooklyn, New York
The Bone Museum
This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
New York, New York
Al Hirschfeld's Desk and Chair
From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.
New York, New York
Explorers Club Headquarters
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
New York, New York
The Morris-Jumel Mansion
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
New York, New York
Frick Bowling Alley
Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.
New York, New York
New York Society Library
New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
New York, New York
Studio of Charles Ives
The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
New York, New York
Hispanic Society Museum and Library
This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.
New York, New York
The Ramble Cave
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
New York, New York
Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum
You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
New York, New York
Antioch Chalice
Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.
New York, New York
Ancient Egyptian Beef Shoulder
Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.
New York, New York
George Glazer Gallery
Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
New York, New York
Bill's Place
This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.
New York, New York
New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library
This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.
New York, New York
Rat Rock in Morningside Heights
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
