Places posturethecat Wants to Go

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.