Located under the best rib joints in Manhattan, they offer the same great food. What makes this place stand out is its consistent roster of top Jazz talent. Even without the 4-star food it would be one of the city's best Jazz clubs.

This church is notable for a couple of reasons. First, the building was erected in 1849 and features a stained glass window rescued from the rubble of the Napoleonic wars. Second, is its association with the Episcopalian Actors Guild. The Guild's past and current members include Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Joan Fontaine and many other huge names of stage and screen.

This museum is actually less risqué than one might initially think. It features a largely pictorial history that illustrates the changing sexual mores in New York. From Victorian undergarments to contemporary fetish garb, desperate housewives to well, you know, professional gals, they're all here in fine video and photographic form. They also host live lectures and demonstrations (the nature of which I will leave to your imagination), and offer a very interesting gift shop.

This beautiful brownstone overlooking Gramercy Park is dedicated to the arts. Inside there is a magnificent stained-glass Tiffany ceiling and several historic portraits. They also offer lecture series and live performances.

Operated by the same folks that run Webster Hall, Bowery and Hammerstein Ballrooms, they feature a similar collection of great rock and alt-rock performers. On any given day, you're likely to see long lines of people camped out along the wall waiting in line for tickets.

One of the most overlooked museums in the city, this is the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt. Restored to its original 1858 grandeur, it was turned into a museum back in 1923 and contains family heirlooms, photographs, press and original documents of one of the fathers of social welfare reform.

One of the better known theater spaces in the Union Square area, they tend to feature high-profile shows.