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
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Claines, England
This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
London, England
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Hereford, England
Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Sheffield, England
This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.
Mow Cop, England
This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Manchester, England
Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.