Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

Skewer up Kangaroo.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.

Check your calendars; you might be attending a drive-in movie or sitting next to a fashion runway.

A yoga studio and venue for "chill-out parties" in a former chicken slaughterhouse.

Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.