Best Sunday brunch in Los Angeles- on a nice day ask for the patio
Between Sept & Oct 1776, General George Washington used the mansion as his temporary headquarters after he & his army were forced to evacuate Brooklyn Heights following their loss to the British Army.
"Royal Tenenbaum bought the house on Archer Avenue," claims Wes Anderson's film, but if you're heading south from the 375th Street Y, we suggest stopping by the corner of 144th and Convent instead. Read more.
In 1904, the famous magician Harry Houdini purchased this brownstone at 278 W. 113th Street in Harlem for $25,000. The house still stands today! Read more.
Stay on the 6 local downtown past the last stop and you will see the station out the right side as you loop around to go back uptown. For best results sit in the back. Great way to impress someone!
The New York Marble Cemetery is open to the public on the 4th Friday of every month, Apr. thru Oct. Admission is free, and they offer tours, or you can relax on the grass and in the beautiful gardens.
Sandwiched between 520 Madison Ave bldg & Burger Heaven & mirroring Paley Park a couple of doors down this small respite w/ tables & chairs boasts something special...4 segments of the Berlin Wall! Read more.
Stand in one corner in front of the Oyster Bar at Grand Central and have a friend stand on the other side and whisper. the other person can hear you...
"Max Neuhaus's Times Square is an invisible, unmarked block of sound at the north end of the pedestrian island. A rich harmonic sound texture emerges from a large underground vault covered by a gratin Read more.
Go to the New Yorker and find the plaque (near the Bolt Bus stop) dedicated to inventor Nikola Tesla. He spent the last 10 years of his life at the hotel, dying there in 1943. Read more.
