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Cushing Brain Collection

A historic collection of diseased brains in a new, custom-built home

“With their sepia-tinted liquids and ancient labels, the brains look more like the historical artifacts that they are than the medical specimens that they once were, exactly how you’d hope a... »

Medical Museums | Edited by Annetta

Phillip Johnson's Estate

Home of one of the most influential architects

Phillip Johnson was never much into throwing stones. This may have been because he was an architect and art collector. Or, it could have had something to do with the glass house he lived in until... »

Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian and Nicholas Jackson

Crypt At Center Church-on-the-Green

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents

Known as one of New Haven's best kept secrets, the crypt at Center Church-on-the-Green is an ancient cemetery with gravestones from 1687 to 1812. The 137 gravestones held inside of this fine New... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Raychael, Nicholas Jackson and others

Gillette Castle

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage

High above the Connecticut River, Gillette Castle, only a shell of what it once was, still commands your attention. The magnificent castle, once the private residence of William Gillette, the... »

Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Hartford Circus Fire Memorial

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history

On July 6, 1944, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus were performing under a giant tent for an audience of approximately 7,000 in Hartford, CT. At some point during the performance, a small... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Nicholas Jackson

Gungywamp

Gungywamp is either an archeologists dream or nightmare, depending on how you look at it

Gungywamp in Groton, Connecticut is the kind of site that can drive archeologists crazy. First off it is a very messy story. The site, located in the Connecticut woods less than an hour away... »

Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dylan, dylanotto and others

Holy Land, U.S.A.

An abandoned, religious-themed amusement park

In the early 1950s John Baptist Greco, a staunch Roman Catholic, had a vision of a roadside theme park devoted to God. By the end of the decade, he had created exactly that: a theme park built to... »

Ghost Towns, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan, michelle and others