Alexandra Charitan

Alexandra likes things that are bigger or smaller than they should be: novelty architecture, miniature worlds, and anything made from fiberglass or neon. She dreams of visiting every state in the U.S. and will always stop for a Muffler Man.

Alexandra Charitan

Jesus’ junkyard: Holy Land U.S.A., abandoned for 35 years, is finally getting resurrected

A tour of Ellis Island’s abandoned hospital complex reveals a historic—and complicated—gateway to America

Celebrate National Donut Day by entering to win free donuts for a year

Bottles, boats, and bones: Search for treasure in the mid-century trash of Dead Horse Bay

The Paper House—made of 100,000 newspapers—has a working fireplace, electricity, and running water

The Magic Forest is closed, but you can still own a piece of the storybook park’s mangy menagerie

Swan dresses and Salisbury steak trains: Art meets fashion meets camp—and literal meat—at the Met

Walk your dog—or do goat yoga—among the graves of gay veterans and Congressmen

America’s newest national monument honors the lesser-known history of the St. Francis Dam disaster

You can now relive the golden age of air travel at the 1960s TWA terminal-turned-hotel

Peoples Mortuary Museum displays vintage hearses and grisly tools in the garage of a funeral home

The trees at the National Bonsai Museum may be tiny, but they represent centuries of history

No ketchup allowed: At the National Mustard Museum, there’s only one condiment that counts

Pretty in pink: Washington, D.C., in the spring is a beautiful place to ponder the fleeting nature of life

Here’s your chance to see NYC’s dazzling, abandoned City Hall station—without risking a criminal trespass charge

Don Q Inn’s elaborately eclectic suites made my wildest, coldest, and kinkiest hotel room dreams come true

For some of the most interesting art in NYC, visit the Living Museum at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

The Roosevelt New Orleans knows you stole a pair of slippers—and you could win a $15k prize package for returning them

A hundred years of history: How one man’s passion for sign-making became The American Sign Museum

McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s oldest Irish pub, is steeped in history

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