New York Citay

28 Places

New York, New York

The Evolution Store

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Added by mbison

New York, New York

Mmuseumm

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

New York, New York

Obscura Antiques and Oddities

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

Dylan

New York, New York

Explorers Club Headquarters

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

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

New York, New York

Track 61

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

EricGrundhauser

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New York, New York

The Elevated Acre

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

New York, New York

The SeaGlass Carousel

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

iyumnewyork

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New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

New York, New York

Dream House

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

seanmattison

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New York, New York

Museum of Sex

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary

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

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

New York, New York

MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics

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

Laetitia Barbier

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New York, New York

Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar

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

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

New York, New York

Goldbar

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Laetitia Barbier

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New York, New York

The Treasures in the Trash Collection

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

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

New York, New York

New York Federal Gold Vault

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

New York, New York

Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)

Become a prohibition rebel.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

New York, New York

Hess Triangle

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Added by michelleferlito

New York, New York

Babycastles

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

lampbane

Added by lampbane

New York, New York

Berlin Wall Section

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

New York, New York

The Museum of Interesting Things

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

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New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

atimian

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New York, New York

Bellevue Hospital

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

New York, New York

Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

New York, New York

REACH: New York

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

New York, New York

Angel Orensanz Foundation

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Allison

Added by Allison

Brooklyn, New York

Robotic Church

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

EricGrundhauser

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Brooklyn, New York

Interference Archive

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong