Are We There Yet? Home
Places of Interest in New York
Choose From the Categories Below or Just Browse:
Note:  In some cases categorizing places of interest accurately is difficult, so please use these categories as a rough guideline.

Aquariums & Marine Ethnic Culture Special Interest
The Arts Farms Transportation
Botanical Gardens History Museums Villages
Children's Museums Military History Zoos
Environmental Ed. Science/Natural Hist.
Outdoor Fun in New York Wineries
Pick Your Own White Water Hot Air Ballooning
Or click another state name to view its listings:
Connecticut Index Delaware Index Maryland Index
New Jersey Index Pennsylvania Index
Aquaria & Marine-Related
Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation
- Brooklyn
Atlantis Marine World Aquarium - Riverhead

Coastal Ecology Learning Program
- Huntington
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
- Cold Spring Harbor
Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation
- Riverhead
North Wind Undersea Institute
- City Island

The Arts
American Craft Museum
- Manhattan
American Folk Art, Museum of
- Manhattan
American Illustration, Museum of
- Manhattan
American Museum of the Moving Image
- Queens
Bronx Museum of the Arts
- Bronx
Caramoor Center for the Arts
- Katonah
Castle Gallery
- New Rochelle
Cloisters
- Manhattan
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
- Poughkeepsie
Frick Collection
- Manhattan
Guggenheim Museum
- Manhattan
Heckscher Museum of Art
- Huntington
Hudson River Museum & Andrus Planetarium
- Yonkers
Institute for Contemporary Art
- Long Island City
International Center of Photography
- Manhattan
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
- Long Island City
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
- Staten Island
Katonah Museum of Art
- Katonah
Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Manhattan
Modern Art, Museum of
- Manhattan
Nassau County Museum of Fine Art
- Roslyn
National Academy of Design
- Manhattan
Neuberger Museum
- Purchase
New Museum of Contemporary Art
- Manhattan
Pierpont Morgan Library
- Manhattan
Queens Museum of Art
- Flushing
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
- Staten Island
Stony Brook, Museums at
- Stony Brook
Storm King Art Center
- Mountainville
Television & Radio, Museum of
- Manhattan
Wave Hill
- Bronx
Whitney Museum of American Art
- Manhattan

Botanical Gardens & Arboreta
Bailey Arboretum
- Locust Valley
Bayard Cutting Arboretum
- Oakdale
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Brooklyn
New York Botanical Garden
- Bronx
Old Westbury Gardens
- Old Westbury
Planting Fields Arboretum
- Oyster Bay
Queens Botanical Garden
- Flushing

Children's Museums
Brooklyn Children's Museum
- Brooklyn
Children's Museum of the Arts
- Manhattan
Children's Museum of Manhattan
- Manhattan
Children's Museum of the Native American
- Manhattan
Staten Island Children's Museum
- Staten Island

Environmental Education / Nature Centers
Alley Pond Environmental Center
- Douglaston
Butler Preserve
- Katonah
Central Westchester Audubon - White Plains
Clay Pit Ponds Preserve
- Staten Island
Eugene and Agnes Meyer Preserve
- Katonah
Garvies Point Preserve
- Glen Cove
Greenburgh Nature Center
- Scarsdale
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
- Brooklyn
Lenoir Preserve
- Yonkers
Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Various Long Island
Manitoga
- Garrison
Marine Nature Study Area
- Oceanside
Marshlands Conservancy
- Rye
Muttontown Preserve
- East Norwich
Rye Nature Center - Rye
Sands Point Preserve
- Port Washington
Saw Mill Audubon Society
- Chappaqua
Taconic Outdoor Education Center
- Cold Spring
Teatown Lake Reservation
- Ossining
Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary
- Oyster Bay
Trailside Nature Museum at Pound Ridge
- Cross River
Weinberg Nature Center
- Scarsdale
Westmoreland Sanctuary
- Mount Kisco

Ethnic Culture
African Art, Museum of
- Manhattan
Asia Society
- Manhattan
China Institute
- Manhattan
Museum of Chinese in the Americas - Manhattan

El Museo del Barrio
- Manhattan
Jewish Museum
- Manhattan
Judaica Museum
- Bronx
National Museum of the American Indian
- Manhattan
Polish American Museum
- Port Washington
Studio Museum in Harlem
- Manhattan
Ukrainian Museum
- Manhattan
Yeshiva University Museum
- Manhattan

Farms, Historical & Interpretive
Hallockville Farm Museum
- Riverhead
Muscoot Farm Complex
- Katonah
Queens County Farm Museum
- Floral Park
Suffolk County Farm & Education Center
- Yaphank

Historical Museums, Houses & Sites
Abigail Adams Smith Museum
- Manhattan
Alice Austen House
- Staten Island
American Immigrant Wall of Honor
- Ellis Island
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
- Bronx
Boscobel
- Garrison
Bowne House
- Flushing
Bronx County Historical Society
- Bronx
Brooklyn's History Museum
- Brooklyn
City of New York, Museum of
- Manhattan
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
- Cold Spring Harbor
Conference House
- Staten Island
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
- Manhattan
Ellis Island Museum of Immigration
- Ellis Island
Foundry School Museum
- Cold Spring
Fraunces Tavern Museum
- Manhattan
Gracie Mansion
- Manhattan
John Jay Homestead
- Katonah
Long Island Maritime Museum
- West Sayville
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- Manhattan
Lyndhurst
- Tarrytown
Morris-Jumel Mansion
- Manhattan
New Windsor Cantonment
- Vails Gate
New York City Fire Museum
- Manhattan
Old Merchant's House
- Manhattan
Oyster Bay Historical Society
- Oyster Bay
Philipsburg Manor
- Tarrytown
Philipse Manor Hall
- Yonkers
Queens Historical Society
- Flushing
Raynham Hall Museum
- Oyster Bay
Richmondtown, Historic
- Staten Island
Sagamore Hill
- Oyster Bay
Sea Cliff Village Museum
- Sea Cliff
South Street Seaport Museum -
Manhattan
St. Paul's Church National Historic Site
- Mount Vernon
Statue of Liberty
- Liberty Island, New York/New Jersey
Stony Point Battlefield
- Stony Point
Suffolk County Marine Museum
- West Sayville
Sunnyside
- Irvington
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
- Manhattan
Van Cortlandt Manor
- Croton-on-Hudson
Vanderbilt Mansion
- Hyde Park
Walt Whitman Birthplace
- Huntington Station
Washington's Headquarters
- Newburgh
Young-Morse Historic Site
- Poughkeepsie

Military Museums & Sites
Harbor Defense Museum
- Brooklyn
Intrepid Air-Sea-Space Museum
- Manhattan
United States Military Academy
- West Point

Science & Natural History Museums
American Museum of Natural History
- Manhattan
Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Brookhaven
Con Edison Energy Museum
- Manhattan
DNA Learning Center
- Cold Spring Harbor
Goudreau Museum of Mathematics
- New Hyde Park
Hayden Planetarium
- Manhattan
Hicksville Gregory Museum
- Hicksville
Hudson River Museum & Andrus Planetarium
- Yonkers
New York Hall of Science
- Flushing
Rose Center for Earth & Space
- Manhattan
Science Museum of Long Island
- Plandome Manor
Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
- Staten Island
Vanderbilt Museum
- Centerport

Special Interest
American Re-Fuel
- Westbury
American Numismatic Society
- Manhattan
Clearwater
- Various Hudson River Access Points
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
- Cold Spring Harbor
Federal Reserve Bank
- Manhattan
Green Chimneys
- Brewster
Harness Racing Museum
- (Trotting Horse Museum) Goshen
Hudson Valley Raptor Center
- Rhinebeck
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union
- Manhattan
John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Brooklyn
Marvel Comic Group
- Manhattan
NBC Studio Tour
- Manhattan
New York State Unified Court System Tours
- Various Locations
New York Stock Exchange
- Manhattan
Trotting Horse Museum
- Goshen
United States Postal Service
- Manhattan

famous buildings
Empire State Building
- Manhattan
United Nations Building
- Manhattan
World Trade Center Observation Deck
- Manhattan
the performing arts
Backstage on Broadway
- Manhattan
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Manhattan
Metropolitan Opera Backstage Tour
- Manhattan

Transportation
Hudson River Maritime Museum
- Kingston
New York Transit Museum
- Brooklyn
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
- Rhinebeck
Trolley Museum of New York
- Kingston

Villages, Historical & Interpretive
Museum Village
- Monroe
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
- Bethpage

Zoos, Petting Zoos, Game Farms
Bronx Zoo
- Bronx
Central Park Wildlife Center
- Manhattan
Green Meadows Farm
- Floral Park
Long Island Game Farm
- Manorville
Prospect Park Wildlife Center - Brooklyn
Queens Wildlife Conservation Center - Flushing Meadows
Staten Island Zoo
- Staten Island