Hampton Inn Manhattan/Downtown–Financial District

One of the oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the States is a consistent innovator.

Urban Glass offers classes for beginners and experienced artists covering all sorts of techniques; exhibits innovative glasswork; and has a gift shop with handmade glassware and jewelry.

Great Jones Distilling Co. is Manhattan's first legal whiskey distillery since Prohibition.

Fine salt-baked seafood specialties, roast meats and noodles galore at this Chinatown favorite.

Housed in one of the most iconic buildings in New York, the Guggenheim is filled with prized pieces.

The onetime home of Alexander Hamilton features an exhibition gallery.

Nestled in the park, right on the lake, is the Central Park Boathouse, an iconic and elegant restaurant with both indoor and outdoor seating, and different menus (in different price ranges) for each seating area.

More than 100 red-and-white booths fill Union Square Park for its annual Holiday Market.

Don't let the nondescript exterior turn you off.