Places Chelgoroth Wants to Go

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

The loneliest island in New York.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

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

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

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.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”