San Francisco, California
Loved to Death
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
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San Francisco, California
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
Glendale, California
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
Seattle, Washington
An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
San Francisco, California
A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
New York, New York
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Los Angeles, California
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.