
Unscripted New York
Food Crawls, History Walks, Wanders, & More
We're a small team of full-time, licensed NYC guides who make it our mission to be exploring and studying the city every day.
We're always learning, so our experiences keep evolving, and so does our ability to customize your experience.
We practice Low-Impact Guiding, striving to have a positive impact on the areas we visit, allowing us to offer a more honest, organic, and interactive experience of the city, making memories that will last a lifetime.
Private Guiding: Highly Personalized Experiences

Private Guide
Planning a family outing, company event, or friends' weekend in NYC? Request a Private Guide for any of our Guided Experiences, or we can build a custom event for your group.

Big Night Out
Want an epic night out in New York, but don't know where to go? We got you. Answer a few quick questions and we'll craft a night that hits all the right notes.
~3 hours

Mind Walk
Morgan's years of wandering make him an incisive questioner and purveyor of uncommon insights. Walk one-on-one with him in NYC, focus on your personal or professional challenges, and you might uncover hidden opportunities, develop a clear plan of action, and see things with fresh eyes. More than a walk. A journey for your mind.
~90 mins
Food Crawls: Full Hearts, Minds, & Bellies

Bagels, Dumplings, Pizza, & Tacos: A New York Food Crawl
Public or Private
Eat 4 delicious and iconic foods and find out how the people who make them have helped shape the city, the country and the world.
Discover how these 4 foods of humble origins all rose to global fame against some of the most visually stunning and historically significant blocks in all of North America, visiting The Lower East Side, Chinatown, and Nolita. You will be full!
~3 hours

Village Nights: Exploring Greenwich Village
Public or Private
Join a small, smart group for an early-evening, unscripted food crawl across America's most influential mega-hood. Includes 4-5 food stops, a good dose of history, and a heap of fun.
~3 hours

Food, Art, & Buildings of Midtown
Public or Private
An ever-evolving stew of food, art, and buildings, carves a labyrinthine path through Midtown Manhattan, outlining the progression of craft and technology that drove the rise of one of the most architecturally, economically, and culturally important places on planet earth.
~3 hours

The Original Chinatown Dumpling Tour
Public or Private
Eat a variety of gorgeous and delicious dumplings at an assortment of eclectic Chinatown spots. Learn the difference between a Jiao Xi and a Bao Xi and others and decide for yourself which dumpling is the best!
~3 hours
Walking Tours: History & Understanding

What Happened?
Public or Private
Love FUN FACTS? This is for you! We meet in various spots around the city, carving a path across the sidewalks to call out the exact spots where various historical (and fictional) events occurred. Connect to Manhattan's rich history and find out What Happened?
~1 hour

Wall Street: Hidden History
Private Group
How did Wall Street become the most important place in the industrial world? Why did New York become the center of the world in the 20th century? What is the real relationship between Main Street and Wall Street? Find out in this extremely honest walking tour through the most influential place in the New World.
None of us knows as much of this story as we think.
~3 hours

Propaganda
Private Group
This tour explores the origins of propaganda and the role that New York has played in it's evolution, visiting places in midtown where important moments in America's narrative history happened, and also revisiting important landmarks like Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and Grand Central, using this shocking and critical lens.
~3 hours
Wandering: Promoting Social & Personal Well-Being

Big Wander
Public or Private Group
Throughout human history, wandering has been a valuable tool for artists, thinkers, & explorers. This strange & wonderful sidewalk workshop will help you strengthen your wandering skills, and exploring the long lineage of wanderers who came before us.
Book a Big Wander for your team, or join the mailing list and get invited to the next free, monthly Big Wander.

Quick Wander
Public or Private
Explore New York City with a small group of smart people. We meet at an unspecified spot on the map and the guide takes input from the group to thread a unique line through the city. Stops are brief and walking speed is high. For people used to walking in the city.
5 people maximum. 5 miles & 5 landmarks minimum.
~2 hours