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Brooklyn, New York

Steinberg Sculpture Garden

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.
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New York, New York

Poster House Museum

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
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New York, New York

Sidewalk Subway Map

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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New York, New York

Catacombs of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.
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Queens, New York

Calvary Cemetery

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.
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Queens, New York

Bayside Cemetery

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.
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Bronx, New York

Bartow Station

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.
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Staten Island, New York

Tugboat Graveyard

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.
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Brooklyn, New York

The Bone Museum

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
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Brooklyn, New York

Stuffed Animal Tree of Bergen Beach

This suburban enclave is home to a very unique art exhibit.
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Staten Island, New York

The New York City Farm Colony

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.
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Queens, New York

Creedmoor Psychiatric Center's Building 25

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.
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Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Taxidermy

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.
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Queens, New York

Valencia Movie House

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.
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Brooklyn, New York

New York Transit Museum

Ride the subways of yesteryear.
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New York, New York

Patent Pending

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
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New York, New York

New York Federal Gold Vault

More gold than anywhere else, ever.
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New York, New York

High Bridge

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
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New York, New York

The New York Earth Room

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.
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New York, New York

Bryant Park Bathroom

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.
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Austin, Texas

Curia Arcanum

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.
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Austin, Texas

Casa Neverlandia

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.
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Rockford, Illinois

Scavenged Parts Antiques & Oddities

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.
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Plano, Illinois

The Farnsworth House

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.
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