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The loneliest island in New York.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

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

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."