Places theannemeadows Wants to Go

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

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

From pink dolphins to underwater cities, this museum explores the unseen, mythical world of the Amazon river.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

The saddest little diner in New York.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

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

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.