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The secret entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel (detail)
New York, New York

The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
Schuyler Towne preparing for the workshop
society adventures

How to Pick a Lock (With Infographics!)

Matthew Blitz May 29, 2014
libraries

Secret Libraries of New York City

14 hidden repositories of knowledge.
Allison Meier May 2, 2014
secret

New York City's Secret Places of Silence

Allison Meier April 22, 2014
Santa Fe, New Mexico

109 East Palace

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.
maps

Sorry, We Have No Imagery Here: When Google Earth Goes Blind

Meg van Huygen March 27, 2014
subterranean

Inside the Forgotten Ghost Stations of a Once-Divided Berlin

Emily Wasik March 10, 2014
The Players
New York, New York

The Players

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.
The altar in the temple.
Oakland, California

Bay Area Thelemic Temple

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.
The museum entryway.
essential guide

The Essential Guide To Secret Museums

Prepare to marvel at these hidden museums considered unfit for public viewing.  
Darmon Richter September 27, 2013
Permanently Closed
Jack the Ripper's "From Hell" Letter
London, England

Black Museum

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
The Helix
Caracas, Venezuela

The Helix

This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.
Santa Cruz, California

Court of Mysteries

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Alfred Denny Museum in the 1930s
Sheffield, England

Alfred Denny Museum

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Queens, New York

The Underground Home

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.
The CIA Museum is located in the George Bush Center for Intelligence
McLean, Virginia

CIA Museum

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.
Naples, Italy

Gabinetto Segreto

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
San Francisco, California

Three Gems

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.