Essentially, this tiny museum aims to tell all different kinds of stories about all different kinds of people and the state of our current times. You've never seen an antique store like this one. Located in Manhattan's East Village, this store is so fascinating that there is even a Discovery Channel reality television show about it entitled Oddities.
The type of items you can expect to be on sale are curiosities such as taxidermied animals, prosthetic limbs, a mummified cat, and art made from nail clippings. There is no limit to how strange or bizarre the items sold here can be.
The owners scrounge through garage sales, flea markets, and more to find only the weirdest of the weird to put in their shop. There are some unique sculptures and statues throughout the city, but the large boar statue standing proud in Sutton Place Park seems particularly random -- especially since Sutton Place is a historically elegant neighborhood, where the rich and famous like Henry Kissinger and Marilyn Monroe used to reside.
Apparently, the bronze statue is a replica of what was initially a marble statue from the Renaissance era. Philanthropist Hugh Trumbull Adams saw it in a store, loved it, and bought it for the park in the s. The locals are pretty used to it by now, and kids even like to climb on it. The Naked Cowboy is just that: a naked cowboy who struts around Times Square for tourists to gawk at.
The Naked Cowboy -- whose actual name is Robert Burck -- started walking around the city in nothing but cowboy boots, a cowboy hat, and white underwear. He also carries a guitar to strategically place in front of himself to make it look like he's entirely nude.
This is either the best or the worst gig ever, depending on how you look at it! The Trailer Park Lounge on 23rd Street is a super fun restaurant that is themed to look like a trailer park. Definitely not located on the street they film interviews on for the show!
Didn't really expect it, but no one from the show was there. We were pretty disappointed after looking through the store. It is quite small, only took us 5 minutes to look through, being careful not to bump into anyone or anything. The merchandise seemed a lot less than what you see on tv and we didn't find anything we couldn't live without, despite really wanting to buy something cool.
If you have a tight schedule in New York, I would pass on visiting the store, most likely you'll be disappointed. We decided to walk from Times Square which took about 45 minutes you can easily take a subway and get there very quickly. The first impression was that it looked smaller and different than the location we are familiar with from early seasons of Obscura.
However, we overheard workers inside say that they had moved about a year ago and that the new location is actually larger that the previous site. The store offered some very unique items. I held a human scapula while inside, for example. I also saw taxidermy frogs playing harps for sale--very unique. I was also happy to catch Evan Michelson inside while I was there I felt a bit starstruck having only seen her on tv. Overall, if you're familiar with the show and have some extra time in NYC it will be well spent with a visit to Obscura.
The staff are kind with negotiations as I overheard. We watch the show and were surprsed that it was smaller than we though but otherwise just as expected. Of course, I think the items are pricey, but I do not do much shopping for these type of items. Employees were pleasant and funny and we enjoyed the walk through the neighborhood.
Stop in On the show it looks much bigger than it is in person. So many interesting things packed in there. The staff is very friendly. Just very cramped. My daughter 10 years old and I watched the show a few times.
So we decided to visit the shop on our trip to NYC. What a great idea and fun thing to do. I purchased a T-shirt, a skull key chain, and my daughter got a laboratory bug. This was the most unique thing ever! If you are looking for an "out of the box, unique" experience, please go and show your support.
They even gave us a few free post cards!!! Shopping Mall. Architectural Building. Don't Miss a Thing. See more trips See all trips. Are you the owner of this business?
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It was erected in its current spot in Our next stop in our whirlwind trip of roadside oddities around the Empire State takes us to the East End of Long Island, home of one really huge waterfowl. Ducks and duck farming are synonymous with Long Island. Duck farming was once a big industry on Long Island. There is a minor league baseball team called the Long Island Ducks.
Standing tall at 20 feet from the base to the top of the head, The Big Duck is 30 feet long from beak to tail, 15 feet wide from wing to wing, and sports two Model T taillights for eyes.
This Long Island landmark was once a shop for a duck farm during the s and was built in the style of unique roadside architecture of the day. Years later, after the Big Duck had changed hands through multiple owners, a couple of moves and possible demolition during the s, the structure was donated to the Suffolk County government in , who owns the Big Duck to this day.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in and has also inspired a term called duck architecture, lending to the Big Duck's original role of selling duck products inside of a structure that looks like a duck. The Big Duck is still selling products, but rather as a gift shop selling duck themed goods. Our next stop brings us to a mainstay of the basketball world that first made its appearance right in Central New York State.
In the Armory Square neighborhood of downtown Syracuse, there is a replica of the 24 second shot clock used in basketball. You may be asking yourself, that sounds odd, why would a shot clock be on a sidewalk in Syracuse. Syracuse University basketball is a big ticket item in the Salt City, but the shot clock was not an invention of the university.
Back in the days of yore, basketball was a much lower scoring affair than it is today. It can be said that the low scores of games were threatening the very sport of basketball, which is meant to be fast paced.
In order to speed up the game, Danny Biasone of the Syracuse Nationals now the Philadelphia 76ers experimented with using the 24 second shot clock, first at a scrimmage at the Blodgett Vocational High School in Syracuse in
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