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The Cake Room at Pastelería Ideal
Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.
Places ridgleakatherine Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Timbuktu Islamic Center Food Vendors
These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.
New York, New York
New York's Adam and Eve Sculptures
Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.
New York, New York
Bill's Place
This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.
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Hispanic Society Museum and Library
This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.
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Edward Mooney House
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
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Audubon Mural Project
Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.
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Baby Grand
The tiniest little stage in New York.
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Venetian Room
This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.
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Onieals Grand Street Bar
A prohibition era watering hole for the police.
New York, New York
United Nations Delegates Lounge
What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.
New York, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
New York, New York
C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
New York, New York
Houston Bowery Art Wall
This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.
New York, New York
Keen's Steakhouse
Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.
New York, New York
Kenka
Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?
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Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
New York, New York
New York Society Library
New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
New York, New York
Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
New York, New York
Shopsin's
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
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The Grolier Club
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
New York, New York
George Glazer Gallery
Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
New York, New York
Graffiti Hall of Fame
For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."
New York, New York
Keith Haring’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Bathroom Mural
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
