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The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.