Brooklyn, New York
Bellocq Tea
A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Places REvans Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Bronx, New York
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
New York, New York
The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
Staten Island, New York
Kreischer Mansion
This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.
New York, New York
George Glazer Gallery
Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
New York, New York
Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery
Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
New York, New York
Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
New York, New York
United Palace Theatre
One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
Bronx, New York
North Brother Island
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
New York, New York
High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
New York, New York
Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Brooklyn, New York
New York Transit Museum
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
New York, New York
5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
