Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
Jersey City, New Jersey
This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.
Hoboken, New Jersey
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.