Places oddfigg Wants to Go

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

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

New York's oldest magic store.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.