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A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

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

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

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

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

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

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

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

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.