New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
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Queens, New York
Surreal Elevator
Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.
New York, New York
The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
New York, New York
Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Holographic Studios Inc.
The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
New York, New York
The New York Earth Room
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
New York, New York
New York Federal Gold Vault
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
New York, New York
The Ramble Cave
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
New York, New York
5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
New York, New York
Explorers Club Headquarters
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
New York, New York
Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Hammonton, New Jersey
Amatol Ghost Town
In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.
Brooklyn, New York
Sunshine Laundromat
One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.
Rottweil, Germany
ThyssenKrupp Test Tower
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Concord, Massachusetts
Paul Revere Lantern
One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.
New Mexico
Trinity Atomic Bomb Site
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Florence, South Carolina
Mars Bluff Crater
"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.
