Places DaniMac Wants to Go

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

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

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.