Harlem & Upper Manhattan
A modern Harlem church, founded in 1932, that welcomes visitors to Sunday services.
Must-see attractions in New York
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
This Federal-style beauty has been home to NYC's government since 1812, and free guided tours of the building run twice weekly (you'll need to book a few…
New York City
Beneath the breathtaking Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and located inside Fort Hamilton, military buffs will discover a small treasure trove of artifacts at…
Hispanic Society of America Museum & Library
Harlem & Upper Manhattan
Housed in a beaux-arts structure that naturalist John James Audubon once called home, this treasure contains the largest collection of 19th-century…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
New York’s oldest public park is purportedly the spot where Dutch settler Peter Minuit paid Native Americans the equivalent of $24 to purchase Manhattan…
Midtown
Sprouting 150ft high from the central plaza of Hudson Yards is the controversial construction called 'The Vessel.' Looking something like a giant, copper…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
In 1831 Albert Gallatin, formerly Secretary of the Treasury under President Thomas Jefferson, founded an intimate center of higher learning open to all…
Gateway National Recreation Area
New York City
Consisting of several, disparate geographic 'units' totaling 27,000 National Park Service–run acres, Gateway is possibly most well known for its Sandy…
New York City
This neighborhood park in the heart of Red Hook is flanked by verdant hedges and trees, with rolling lawns where families picnic, adjacent basketball…
East Village & Lower East Side
Even with the Alamo, an iconic piece of public art more often referred to as 'The Cube,' restored after several years absence, this is not the Astor Place…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
This red-brick hotel, built in the 1880s and featuring ornate iron balconies and no fewer than seven plaques declaring its literary landmark status, has…
Long Island
Jones Beach is 6.5 miles of clean sand covered with bodies. Its character differs depending on which ‘field’ you choose – for example, 2 is for the…
Hudson Valley
Part of the Senate House State Historic Site in Kingston, this 1927 colonial revival building houses a modest collection of 18th- and 19th-century…
Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
New York City
When it was completed in 1929, this 512ft neo-Romanesque cathedral to commerce was the tallest building in Brooklyn, its 17ft-wide tower clockface, then…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
Lovers of all things maritime can step aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Lilac, the last existing steam-powered lighthouse tender in the US, which once…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
Built as a fort to defend New York Harbor during the war of 1812, this national monument has played numerous roles, including opera house, entertainment…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
Built between 1804 and 1828, the eight townhouses on the block of Harrison St immediately west of Greenwich St constitute the largest collection of…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
Built in 1903 to link Williamsburg and the Lower East Side (at Delancey St), this steel-frame suspension bridge helped transform the area into a teeming…
Children's Museum of Manhattan
Upper West Side & Central Park
This small museum features interactive exhibits scaled down for the 0 to 10-year-old set, including toddler discovery programs and exhibits that stimulate…
Staten Island
An all-rounder of a museum, catering to dinosaur-hungry school groups as much as tourists looking for historical details on Staten Island. Set inside an…
St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
East Village & Lower East Side
Though it’s most popular with East Village locals for its cultural offerings – readings hosted by the Poetry Project or cutting-edge dance performances…
Upper West Side & Central Park
Built between 1847 and 1851 (one of two buildings whose construction predates Central Park) as a munitions supply depot for the New York State National…
New York City
The pink-and-mint-green Deno’s Wonder Wheel dates back all the way to 1920 (fear not: it gets a yearly overhaul and has never had an accident). It's the…
SoHo & Chinatown
This humble museum offers a random mishmash of historical objects documenting early Italian life in NYC, from Sicilian marionettes to old Italian comics…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
Still known to many as the Christopher St Pier, this is an 850ft-long finger of concrete, spiffily renovated with a grass lawn, flower beds, a comfort…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
Founded in 1847, this Protestant church became one of the centers of the mid-19th-century anti-slavery movement, thanks in large part to its first pastor,…
Museum of the American Gangster
East Village & Lower East Side
During Prohibition, New York had an estimated 30,000 speakeasies – including one hidden away in this building (and later turned into an off-Broadway…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
Founded in 1817, this is the oldest seminary of the Episcopal Church in America. The school, which sits in the midst of the beautiful Chelsea historic…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
This historical dot on the landscape (just a quarter-acre) is a lovely little patch of green, home to grassy knolls, beds of perennial flowers and winding…
Lipsey Buffalo Architecture Center
Buffalo
Scheduled to open in spring 2019, this nonprofit museum is full of displays about the city's impressive stock of buildings, and is located on the ground…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
Home to the world’s best-known stock exchange (the NYSE), Wall Street is an iconic symbol of US capitalism. Behind the portentous neoclassical facade,…
Thomas & Mary Nimmo Moran Studio
The Hamptons
Built in 1884, the National Historic Landmark was the first artist studio built in East Hampton, making its beginning as an artist colony. The Queen Anne…
East Village & Lower East Side
Mahayana is the biggest Buddhist temple in Chinatown and its magnificent 16ft-high Buddha statue – sitting on a lotus and edged with offerings of fresh…
East Village & Lower East Side
This raw space is the Bowery branch of an Upper East Side gallery and its location beside the New Museum makes it a key player in the downtown art scene…
Midtown
Designed by Cook & Fox Architects, the 58-floor Bank of America Tower is famed for its striking crystal shape, piercing 255ft spire, and enviable green…
Midtown
This humble-looking building is widely considered the most important generator of popular songs in the Western world. By 1962, more than 160 music…
Midtown
Upon its debut in 1952, 21-story Lever House was at the height of the cutting-edge. The UN Secretariat Building was the only other skyscraper to feature a…
New York City
This small (12 acre) zoo features a variety of crowd-pleasing animals dotted around sections such as the Discovery Trail (red pandas, dingos, river otters…
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
Hudson Valley
This pastoral site, offering panoramic views from its cliffside perch overlooking the Hudson, was the location of a fierce skirmish during the…
Catskills
Join stressed-out New Yorkers and others needing a spiritual break at this blissful Buddhist monastery about 3 miles north of Woodstock. Soak up the…
