Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.