Places tishtishtish Wants to Go

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

Housed inside a replica church, its collection honors the Black community displaced by the Halifax government.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.