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The Lyric Theater in Stuart Florida is celebrating its 100 year anniversary. Passing under the classic marquee and stepping through the entrance, you’re transported to…

Where bizarre is the norm, the wonderfully weird and wacky Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum in St Augustine is a treasure trove of oddities,…

St. Elizabeths Hospital opened in 1855 in Washington, D.C., as the Government Hospital for the Insane—the first federally operated psychiatric facility in the United States.…

The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry began in 1907 as a small work farm for the mentally ill in Northeast Philadelphia. Originally called Byberry Mental…

The original portion of the Salem Jail complex—including the granite jail and the brick, Federal-style Jail Keeper’s House—was constructed between 1811 and 1813. The complex…

In September 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into what is now New York Harbor aboard the Dutch ship Half Moon. He was searching for…

Frank Sinatra’s deep affection for Patsy’s Italian restaurant is legendary, located on West 56th Street just south of Columbus Circle,  Patsy’s has been a staple…

A large part of the natural beauty of the South,  is the silver garland that hangs from the live oak trees just about everywhere. The…

This video is offered with gratitude to the women and men who fought for what they believed in, who strove for freedom, who preserved the…

Take a walk on the macabre side of human history at the Medieval Torture Museum. It reminds us just how much suffering humanity can inflict…