Places booklovertea Wants to Go

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

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

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

Need a hardcopy of the 50-title Code of Federal Regulations? This is the place.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

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

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

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

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.