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Pipsqueak Monorail
West Henrietta, New York
It ran from 1968 to 2007 inside a Rochester mall. Now it's a static museum exhibit.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

Secret Caverns
Cobleskill, New York
The Secret Caverns Experience starts miles from the cave, when travelers encounter the first of its garish, psychedelic billboards.
House of Frankenstein Wax Museum
Lake George, New York
With more torture tableaus than you can shake a stick studded with impaled heads at....
Motorcyclepedia
Newburgh, New York
Collection includes the motorcycle Charles Lindbergh traded for his first airplane, a police bike from JFK's assassination motorcade, and three "Wall of Death" thrill show motordromes.
Second Coming House of Prophet Isaiah
Niagara Falls, New York
Prophet Isaiah Henry Robertson was directed by God to decorate his house in advance of the Second Coming.
Santa's Workshop
North Pole, New York
The world's first theme park still celebrates Christmas all summer. Holiday-themed kiddie rides, costumed characters, and a perpetually frozen Pole.
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
Red Hook, New York
Campy World War I melodrama with dogfighting biplanes and an exploding lingerie shop. Offers rides over the countryside in an open-air cockpit.
Star Trek Original Series Set Tour
Ticonderoga, New York
Elvis impersonator James Cawley spent over 20 years building perfect replicas of starship USS Enterprise sets from the 1960s series Star Trek.
Shrine of the North American Martyrs
Auriesville, New York
Contemplative hilltop of religious statuary and shrines commemorating slaughtered Catholic missionaries. Closed in 2015, but should reopen later in 2016.
New York Transit Museum
Brooklyn, New York
Housed below ground in a decommissioned subway station, the city's transit history is told with signs, artifacts, and walk-thru subway cars dating back to 1903.
Coney Island - Sideshows by the Seashore
Brooklyn, New York
Historical playland of the world, with some revitalized cheese and midway romance.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York
Huge, ornate cemetery with many prominent dead people. Tours, night walks, art and music events make this a tourist attraction, not just a graveyard.
Brain Museum
Buffalo, New York
Officially known as the Museum of Neuroanatomy, this display of pickled head meat is the largest human brain collection open to the public in the USA.
Cardiff Giant
Cooperstown, New York
A famous 19th century flim-flam, a biblical "giant" that became "America's Greatest Hoax."
The Big Duck
Flanders, New York
Built in 1931, the Big Duck originally sold ducks, now sells duck souvenirs to summertime city weekenders.
West Point Museum: War Booty
Highland Falls, New York
The permanent repository of America's war trophies, which include Adolf Hitler's pistol, Custer's last message, and the safety plug pulled on the atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
Big Chief: Interstate Muffler Man
Irving, New York
Fiberglass statue of an Indian Chief, arm raised in greeting, along the Thruway on the Seneca Nation Reservation at the Big Indian Smoke Shop.
Lucy Desi Museum and Desilu Studios
Jamestown, New York
America's favorite 1950s TV couple are remembered in Lucy's hometown.
National Comedy Center
Jamestown, New York
Part museum -- it has Seinfeld's puffy shirt -- but also part interactive experience: you can perform stand-up. It's mission is to make visitors laugh. Has at least one bench with a secret built-in whoopee cushion.
Grave of Chester A. Arthur
Menands, New York
The bronze Angel of Sorrow lays a Swiffer Duster-like palm frond atop Arthur's sarcophagus.
Herkimer Diamond Mines
Middleville, New York
Two adjacent diamond (quartz) mines vie for gem crazed tourists. The most fun you'll ever have sitting in a pit with a hammer smashing rocks.
Key-Crazy Locksmith Building
New York, New York
Locksmith and metal artist Phil Mortillaro has covered most of the exterior and interior surfaces of his small shop with a swirling assemblage of thousands of keys.
Mmuseumm: Smallest Museum in NYC
New York, New York
Former elevator shaft converted into museum. Itty-bitty, but fully satisfying; has shoe thrown at George Bush in Iraq. Mmuseumm 2 opened next door in 2015.
Spyscape
New York, New York
Opened in Feb. 2018, this "immersive" spy attraction promises to help visitors "discover their inner spy" by subjecting them to interrogation techniques and a Special Ops laser tunnel.
Giant Dog and Taxi Cab
New York, New York
Spot is a 38-foot-tall Dalmatian puppy balancing a real NYC yellow taxi on her nose.
KGB Espionage Museum
New York, New York
Claims to have the world's largest collection of Soviet secret agent gadgets. See the "Deadly Kiss" lipstick gun, then get strapped into the interrogation chair.