New York, New York
The Mulberry Bend
During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks
Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.
Queens, New York
The Noguchi Museum
A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.
New York, New York
Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
New York, New York
41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
Museum of Chinese in America
This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.
New York, New York
C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
New York, New York
The Location of Paul's Boutique
The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Art Walls
This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.
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
New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
New York, New York
Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
New York, New York
Poster House Museum
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
New York, New York
Bluestockings Bookstore
New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
New York, New York
'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Brooklyn, New York
Deno's Wonder Wheel
One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”
New York, New York
Albertine
Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
New York, New York
Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery
Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
