Brooklyn, New York
Morbid Anatomy Library & Giftshop
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
Places SemiruralYeti Wants to Go
2017
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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New York, New York
Houdini Revealed
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
Brooklyn, New York
Gil Hodges' Grave
The final resting place of a former Dodgers and Mets player can be found in central Brooklyn, in the first diocesan cemetery for Catholics in the borough.
Jamestown, New York
Lucy and Desi Museum
This museum is dedicated to a Hollywood icon.
Brooklyn, New York
Henry Chadwick's Grave
The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
William Beard's Grave
The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.
West Point, New York
Mausoleum of Egbert Ludovicus Viele
The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.
Ballston Spa, New York
National Bottle Museum
Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.
Canastota, New York
International Boxing Hall of Fame
Celebrating the greatest pugilists the world has ever known.
Dorloo, New York
The Glove Museum
The only American museum exclusively dedicated to the exhibition of gloves.
Interlaken, New York
Rod Serling's Grave
The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."
Brooklyn, New York
Charles Feltman's Tomb
The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.
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Hicksville, New York
The Long Island Puppet Theater
The last standing puppet theater on Long Island.
Bronx, New York
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
The Whaling Museum
Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.
New York, New York
Stickball Hall of Fame
Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.
Wilmington, New York
Santa's Workshop
A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.
Buffalo, New York
Pierce-Arrow Museum
This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Jamestown, New York
National Comedy Center
The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.
Boiceville, New York
Steve Heller's Fabulous Furniture (and Sculpture Garden)
Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.
Brooklyn, New York
The Tomb of Jane Griffith
A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.
Brooklyn, New York
Grave of John Matthews: The Soda Fountain King
Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.
Troy, New York
Grave of Uncle Sam
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Elmira, New York
Mark Twain's Grave
The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.
