New York City, New York
Grand Central Terminal is a world-famous commuter rail terminal and a masterpiece of Beaux-Arts architecture.
The Main Concourse with its celestial ceiling, the four-faced opal clock, and the Whispering Gallery.
Test the acoustics in the Whispering Gallery, eat at the Dining Concourse, and shop in the market.
Mid-day (10 AM - 3 PM) to avoid rush hour commuters while shops are open.
Free to enter. Open daily from 5:15 AM to 2 AM.
Dining concourse, oyster bar, market, Apple store, restrooms, and lost & found.
Look for the small patch of "dirty brick" on the ceiling near the cancer zodiac sign—it shows how dirty the ceiling used to be before restoration.
Summit One Vanderbilt, Chrysler Building, and Bryant Park.