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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

Local legends say that a giant who tried to destroy a nearby church lived in this rock cave.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.