Places Vidiot Wants to Go

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

Check your calendars; you might be attending a drive-in movie or sitting next to a fashion runway.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

These marks in Myddelton Passage aren't your run-of-the-mill vandalism, and they weren't made by your typical vandal.

This five-star hotel was originally a swanky parking garage.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.