Places waldro00 Wants to Go

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

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.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

New York's oldest magic store.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.