Places samfsm Wants to Go

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.