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Pat Cassels

Pat Cassels is an Emmy-winning TV writer, actor, and essayist. He worked at TBS’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee for seven seasons, and was an original cast member and a writer at CollegeHumor (rebranded as Dropout in 2023). Pat is the former host of the improv series Hello, My Name Is, and had roles in Jake & Amir and Adam Ruins Everything on TruTV. Pat has contributed to The New Yorker, Los Angeles Review of Books, Slate, McSweeney’s, and the New York Times Book Review. In 2020 and 2022 he received the Writers’ Guild Award, and has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy six times, winning in 2017.

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Carmel Hamlet, New York

New York's Chuang Yen Monastery

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

Added by pabalebo27

New Delhi, India

Khari Baoli Rooftop

The roof of one of the world’s largest spice markets provides a grand view over the neighborhood's glorious bustle.

Michael Henry

Added by Michael Henry

Orange, Connecticut

PEZ Visitor Center

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

Added by hfritzmartinez

Santa Barbara, California

Cold Spring Tavern

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Added by cynthiaphung

New York, New York

Jacques Derrida's Favorite Banana Bread

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

Pat Cassels

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Washington, D.C.

Hall of Fake Presidents

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

Pat Cassels

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Queens, New York

76th Street Subway Station

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

Pat Cassels

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New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Bob Ross Art Workshop

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

Pat Cassels

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Svörtuloft Lighthouse

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

Frida

Kingston, New York

The Dollhouse

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

Added by erockalypse

Tomkins Cove, New York

Doodletown

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Brooklyn, New York

Digester Eggs

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

kastoory

Added by kastoory

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

aboychuk

Added by aboychuk

Brooklyn, New York

The Grundhauser Hero Lending Library

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

Josh

Brooklyn, New York

Monsignor McGolrick Park

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

kastoory

Added by kastoory

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Dylan

Brooklyn, New York

Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

Added by ellenbwright

Brooklyn, New York

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Brooklyn, New York

The Brooklyn Navy Yard

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

AllisonEng

Added by AllisonEng

Brooklyn, New York

Sunny's Bar

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Brooklyn, New York

Coney Island Mermaid Parade

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Andres Schiffino

Added by Andres Schiffino

Brooklyn, New York

Spectacle Theater

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Added by rarerborealis

Brooklyn, New York

House of Wax

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.

Added by anastatia

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong