This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

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

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

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.