Places mpm5785 Wants to Go

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

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

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.