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Some people do it accidentally, but you can do it willingly for less than $40 a night. The location’s ideal, but let’s be real – it’s inherently mobile.

A non-profit organization dedicated to advancing field research and preserving the explorer’s instinct. The Club has famous “Firsts” members, including firsts to the North and South Poles, to the top of Mount Everest, to the ocean’s deepest point, and to the moon’s surface.

More like a museum you can shop at, this high-end antique and curiosity store sells paintings, furniture, skulls, and taxidermy, among other things.

A “dream world” created by modern composer Lamonte Young and visual artist Mariane Zazeela. The light-and-sound installation is based in a TriBeCa apartment.

A retail store that specializes in “science and natural history collectibles, artifacts, gifts, and home decor.” Sells everything from dinosaur teeth to framed insect specimens to replicas of human bones.

A real-life Willy Wonka chocolate factory that serves traditional American food and all things chocolate (drinks, ice cream, dessert) – even a chocolate chunk pizza. Also sells chocolate and chocolate-related novelties.

“Authentically inauthentic” Japanese and Jewish fusion restaurant brought to you from the creative minds of Aaron Israel and Sawako Okochi. Features items like the “lox bowl” and the “sake kasu challah.”

Korean seafood spot that has food so fresh that it is still wriggling on  your plate – literally. If you order hot pot, all the animals are still alive before the water gets boiling, and tourists come in droves to try the raw octopus.

“Delectably unconventional” ice cream made by using locally sourced, hormone-free, and additive-free dairy. Flavors change regularly and throughout the day, but past delights include “chorizo,” “foie gras,” and “prosciutto melon.”

Restaurant known for its signature dessert, the “Frozen Hot Chocolate.” If you feel a little spendy, you can get the “Golden Opulence Sundae” with “dessert caviar, imported Parisian candies, Venezuelan cocoa, and 23 carats of edible gold leaf” for $1,000.