The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

New York's oldest magic store.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.