New York's famous American Museum of Natural History is a powerhouse of interesting content that will please and entertain anyone who explores it. Exhibits are always coming and going, be sure to check their website for updates. Enjoy a [more...]

Take an Interactive tour of this massive exhibit space. There are full skin dinosaur models, two high definition movie theaters and a fossil dig.

Discover the secrets of the Setauket Spy Ring and its connections to the Revolutionary War and Long Island. Intrigue! History! We're both history buffs and [more...]

In historic Weeping Beech Park, 2 blocks from downtown Flushing stands Kingsland Homestead, a two-and-a-half story farm-house typical of its time but [more...]

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Video games AND history! This is a multilevel family entertainment center. There are virtual reality motion simulators and [more...]

If you're a history buff, or your date is, go to 28 E 20th Street, Tues- Sat for guided tours on the hour.

A Georgian manor house with elaborate gardens and imported furnishings. It is now a museum of history, art and architecture and has perhaps the finest papier-mache rococo ceiling in the U.S. 29 Warburton Ave in Yonkers. 914.965.4027.

917.797.6787. This is the coolest tour ever, and when we went it was mainly New Yorkers (not your standard tourist tour). It's a combo walking and bus tour topped with a private dinner at Fraunces Tavern.

130 MacDougal Street. Miss Alcott stayed in this friend's home after returning from D.C., where she worked as a nurse during the Civil War. This is the home in which Little Women was written.

A reconstructed 18th-century building that was a gathering spot of American Revolutionary leaders, this museum is dedicated to the study and interpretation of early American history and culture.

There are tours, plublic programs, performances and more at
this landmark religious building, the first structure designed and built to be a synagogue by Jews from Eastern Europe.

It looks like a backyard, but the well-manicured lot between Duane and Elk Streets is actually an ancient cemetery site holding the remains of hundreds of African-American slaves, buried there in the 18th century. Construction crews [more...]

This walking tour is a bit pricey ($50/hour), but it's not touristy or cheesey. The guides are experts and the knowledge imparted is worth the extra bucks. It starts [more...]

Museum of the City of New York has a collection of decorative arts that charts the city's evolution from a tiny settlement to a megaopolis. If you live in East Harlem, you get in free.

I know it sounds dorky, but it can be really fun. If your partner is a history buff at all, this is a place you can take him/her AND your kid. They've got things distinctly guy oriented, things distinctly girl oriented and all kinds [more...]

If you're like me, you enjoy doing something intellectual on your weekend days to counteract the brain cells you kill during the the weekend nights. Learn all about Lower Manhattan's monuments and milestones on four self-guided [more...]