Brooklyn, New York
City Reliquary
Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.
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Brooklyn, New York
Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
The ruins of the first Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico.
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
The crumbling remnants of this 19th-century quarantine hospital hint at the touristy island's darker past.
Utuado, Puerto Rico
Drift through underground caves on a tube.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.
Puerto Rico
A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.
Apopka, Florida
Approximately 65,000 gallons of crystal clear water pour out of this headspring every minute.
Madrid, Spain
An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.
Montreal, Québec
This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.
Montreal, Québec
Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.
Montreal, Québec
One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.
Malmö, Sweden
This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.