A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The "father of immunology" used this humble hut to offer the local people some of the world's first free vaccinations.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.