Places secretsofmanhattan Wants to Go

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

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

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

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

An activist who committed her life to peace and women's suffrage.

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

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