With close to 700 rooms, City Hall is the largest municipal building in the United States. Look up and say hi to Billy Penn. He’s kinda a local celebrity around these parts. Read more.
P.S.1 holds an enormous dance party in their courtyard every Saturday this summer. Arrive around 7 to skip the heat and see the best bands and DJs perform. Read more.
Waxing appointments aren’t for the faint of heart—just ask two of the more manly members of the St. Jude’s swim team how they fared here. (Gossip Girl: The Carlyles) Read more.
At happy hour, get a free boat of freshly fried Tater-Tots with every drink. Add a hot dog for just $3. Read more.
The Haas Center is celebrating 25 years of working with students and faculty to promote “Action over Apathy." Read more.
Worth trying at this posh but low-key place: the two-course prix-fixe lunch ($8) with vegetable dumplings stuffed with shiitake mushroom, sweet corn and peanut, plus steaming pad see ew with beef. Read more.
See how the seating-area signs glow blue for the Giants and green for the Jets. The two teams squabbled over every detail of this $1.7 billion stadium, from the architecture to portable toilets. Read more.
Look here: The portraits hanging in this bar are mostly of regulars (with a few politicians thrown in). Read more.
Stop by the living room to read a newspaper or visit the Cafe for a double scoop of Rick's Rather Rich Ice Cream. Read more.
Ed Koch may no longer be mayor of New York, but if he used Foursquare, he'd probably be the mayor of this restaurant. Once a month, Koch invites members of his administration to an elegant lunch here. Read more.
Get your steampunk on and see some of the first oil rod lines. Oh, and don’t step too close to the Nitro truck. Read more.
A taste of Ibiza in Nazareth, PA. Don’t fill up on the homemade bread, the tapas are exceptional. Read more.
Set in the cobblestone courtyard of an erstwhile factory in Queens, this spot holds up to 1,800 guests who come for 20-plus European and American brews on tap, plus hamburgers, sausages, even sushi. Read more.
Nab a beer-pong table while the booze is still cheap: Well drinks are $4 and drafts go for $3 every day from noon until 8pm. Read more.
At happy hour, get a free, surprisingly decent personal cheese pizza per drink of $4 or more. Try a $5 Brooklyn Lager or $3 bottled beer. Read more.
It’s even more beautiful in person, isn’t it? Cross this off the bucket list. Read more.
A 150 ft radio telescope gathers intergalactic data and marks the halfway point for this 3.3 mile hiking trail with challenging hills and inspiring views. Read more.
The pitfalls of being earnest: Stewart and Colbert gear up for rallies in Washington. More at the link: Read more.