Places ClareAwasW Wants to Go

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

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

This recipe is set in stone.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

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

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

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

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

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

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

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

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