What is the Thing?

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

Outsider Art Community.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.