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

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.