Places rubysage Wants to Go

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

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

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.