Waterbury, Connecticut
Holy Land USA
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
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Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
GrindavĂk, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Bronx, New York
Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Kerhonkson, New York
"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
New Paltz, New York
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Hyde Park, New York
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Beacon, New York
This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.
Dover Plains, New York
This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
New York, New York
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.