Places pipistrellus Wants to Go

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

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

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

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

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Become a prohibition rebel.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

The magic's in the hole!

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.