The best place to remember why you love Manhattan takes you above the city while keeping you rooted in urban life. Walk through a field of wildflowers as cabs zoom along the street beneath you. Read more.
The best place to gawk at priceless art has a collection that is seemingly endless, spanning creepy Egyptian tombs to the shimmering Impressionist paintings to an unparalleled costume collection. Read more.
The best museum to spend the day in boasts unparalleled holdings in 20th- and 21st-century art, the Sette MoMA restaurant, a plush movie theater and the MoMA Design Store. Read more.
The best touristy venue, this 80-year-old landmark is simply stunning. Check out the Art Deco flourishes in the lobby, restored to its original gilded splendor in 2009. Read more.
Visit the ice rink before Thanksgiving and Christmas to avoid the crowds. On Thanksgiving go between 9am and noon or expect a one- to two-hour wait.
There is a surprisingly strong jukebox here that boasts early- to mid-aughts breakouts like Interpol, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, as well as party-rock standbys Thin Lizzy and Cheap Trick. Read more.
Meat-and-potatoes classic rock just sounds better on the jukebox at this inviting East Village mainstay. Settle into one of its comfy leather booths, order a Bud-and-whiskey combo ($7) and nod along. Read more.
This place oozes retro-rock cool, largely due to is its killer 99-album-strong jukebox. Choose from ’60s stompers by Them, the Strangeloves and a host of little-known Nuggets-era garage acts. Read more.
