Places Edited by Anna Minster

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

Set sail on a small scale.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.