Back in 1844, at Brennan Farm House on the Upper West Side, near the intersection of 84th and Broadway, author and poet Edgar Allan Poe wrote 'The Raven'. Before the implementation of Manhattan's grid street pattern hit the neighborhood, the house sat atop a rocky plot of land, seen here in this vintage photograph from around 1879. Here is a Google Street View of how the area looks today:

Earlier this year, we shared with you the amazing story of Apartment Sessions, a Brooklyn group plays host to regular performances including up to 60 musicians all crowded within a tiny apartment. For their most recent video, and with help from some of their neighbors to add more space (and more musicians), the group assembled more than 100 musicians and singers to expertly recreate Arcade Fire's ["Wake Up"](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wake-up/1249417623?i=1249418625%29.&ls=1&at=11l7j9&ct=viewingnyc&app=itunes Check out the video description for full musician credits.

The American Museum of Natural History holds a highly anticipated event twice a year called Sleepover for Grown-Ups in which adults get to spend the night at the museum, all while drinking and exploring after hours.

The overnight adventure will begin with a champagne reception and music provided by the 12th Night Jazz Trio in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall. Explorers can expect to roam through the nearly empty halls of the Museum, where they might run into a herd of elephants in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals or come face to face with looming dinosaur skeletons, including a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex. As the evening winds down, guests will be able to unroll their sleeping bags and curl up under the beloved 94-foot-long blue whale in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life.

Tickets start at $300 and always sell out very quickly, so get on it!