Places Shastified Wants to Go

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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 hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

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

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

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

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.