Other World Tours

03/30/2026

American Airlines make it a policy to lie to passengers about overhead bin space. My bag was checked at the gate on two flights. These are pictures of the overhead bins once I got on the plane both times.

02/27/2016

We will be hosting several events in Marblehead and Salem on Obscura Day - April 16th!

In our struggle for Independence, the British military received its first setback from the inhabitants of Salem in an episode that could not have been more ludicrous or entertaining if it had been ...

10/20/2015

Monday, November 9th: "From Ancient Grudge to New Mutiny: Intrigue and Conspiracy in Fair Verona” Lecture at Unnameable Books, with the New York Obscura Society

http://www.otherworldtours.com/ #!services-events/c615

New York City obscure historical and cultural walking tours

09/29/2015

a "great choice for New Yorkers and tourists alike," Other World Tours gets its visitors to "cop a feel" of living history. Thanks, Rachel!

Touring New York Recently I entertained a guest from Israel who works as a tour guide. We discussed at length how a tour guide can shape your understanding of a place, and this prompted me to explore the tour options that exist in New York. Since this is New York, there are a range of marvelous opti…

08/22/2015

Join Other World Tours and the New York Obscura Society in Central Park at twilight on September 3!

As dusk falls over the city, explore the grandiose, fantastical, utopian vision-made-reality of America's first constructed park.

06/25/2015

"Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What my book presupposes is, maybe he didn't?" - Eli Cash

On this day in History, Battle of Little Bighorn on Jun 25, 1876. Learn more about what happened today on History.

06/25/2015

The tombstone of one of the hanging judges from the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 - John Hathorne. He was Nathaniel Hawthorne's great-great grandfather.

06/25/2015

Photos by Michelle V. Porche

02/14/2015

We're back for the first tour of the year tomorrow - join us for a brisk frigid jaunt in Central Park! http://www.atlasobscura.com/events/obscura-society-ny-secrets-of-central-park

Dan Veksler of Other World Tours joins the New York Obscura Society for an in-depth walking tour of Central Park, laying open the familiar landscape to reveal the archeological layering of seldom-known secrets and untold history.

10/02/2014

08/19/2014

More exploring with New York Obscura Society. Sunday, August 24th: Shadows of Nieuw Amsterdam Tour. Tuesday, August 26th: the History of the Duel at Nowhere Studios.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/events/a-history-of-the-duel

Definitive guidebook and friendly tour-guide to the world's most wondrous places. Travel tips, articles, strange facts and unique events.

07/27/2014

The only surviving original subway entrance at Astor Place.