A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.