A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

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