Oddities & curiosities in New York City

Looking for oddity shops & curiosities in New York City? These 6 are the genuinely strange ones — Flower Power Herbs & Roots, Merchant's House Museum, Creel and Gow and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of New York City they'd never find on their own.

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Flower Power Herbs & Roots This tiny apothecary has been run since 1993 by resident green witch Lata Chettri-Kennedy, an herbalist and a… East Village, Manhattan
Merchant's House Museum A Federal-style 1832 row house preserved with the Tredwell family's original furniture, clothing, and even Ge… East Village, Manhattan
Creel and Gow Set in the former stables of a historic Grosvenor Atterbury townhouse near Lexington and 70th, this luxe cabi… Upper East Side, Manhattan
The City Reliquary A nonprofit community museum crammed with the small civic relics of New York City: terracotta shards of landm… Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Requiem Oddities Established in 2012, Requiem is a morbid curiosity dealer specializing in the macabre and the unusual, from t… Brooklyn
The Oddities Flea Market (NYC) A once-a-year market that gathers dozens of vendors selling osteological specimens, taxidermy, wet specimens,… Brooklyn / Manhattan (rotating venues)