A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

New York's oldest magic store.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.