Places ajajaj Wants to Go

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

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

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

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

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

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

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

New York's oldest magic store.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.