Places squiddlywinks Wants to Go

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.