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Toloache

New York, New York

Toloache

Discover the taste of mold.

The squat.

New York, New York

C-Squat

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

The building today.

New York, New York

The Brown Building

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Wall Street Bombing Scars

New York, New York

Wall Street Bombing Scars

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library

New York, New York

New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library

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

A squat tour meets outside ABC No Rio in the Lower East Side of NYC.

New York, New York

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

The Manhattan Well Murder

New York, New York

The Manhattan Well Murder

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The rare book reading room.

New York, New York

The Conjuring Arts Research Center

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

Known as a "Zip Tube" this carries the book requests down to the stacks many floors below.

New York, New York

Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Keith H's bathroom mural

New York, New York

Keith Haring’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Bathroom Mural

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

P.S. 186

New York, New York

P.S. 186

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Trinity Church cementery

New York, New York

Trinity Churchyard

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

New York, New York

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The Treasures in the Trash Collection

New York, New York

The Treasures in the Trash Collection

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

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins

New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Land of Legends

Lejre, Denmark

Land of Legends

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.

Central Experimental Farm with the city of Ottawa in the background.

Ottawa, Ontario

Central Experimental Farm

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Toronto, Ontario

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

The Bilio-Mat

Toronto, Ontario

The Monkey's Paw

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Extinct woolly rhino skull.

Toronto, Ontario

SkullStore Oddity Shop

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

Maman

Ottawa, Ontario

'Maman'

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Main entrance to the collection

Toronto, Ontario

Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation & Fantasy

A unique collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and everything in-between.

Thorncrown Chapel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Thorncrown Chapel

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The holy well.

Kerry, Ireland

Cathair Crobh Dearg

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

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