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A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A fascinating community art piece created by students, teachers, and noted Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar.

America's oldest drive-in movie theater has been in continuous operation since 1934.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

An industrial waste tourist attraction.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.