Places Edited by Anna Minster

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

On the second floor of a small town library is an homage to angling and memorial to a great local fisherman.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.