Places Vidiot Wants to Go

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.