Places IrigoyenEm Wants to Go

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

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

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

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.