Places abbylynn Wants to Go

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

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.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

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

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.