New York, New York
William J. Syms Operating Theatre
Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.
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New York, New York
Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.
Culver City, California
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
London, England
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Plainfield, Wisconsin
Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
New York, New York
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.