Places metaranha Wants to Go

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

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

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

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

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

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.