From 1968 to 1971, the photographer Diane Arbus took a number of photographs at these locations. The Vineland Development Center and the Vineland Training Center have been providing housing and training for the developmentally disabled and their caretakers since the 1880s. The facilities have undergone several different name changes (thankfully), and the facility was named the American Institute for Mental Studies, or the "AIMS", when Arbus shot here.

There has been much speculation on the work that Arbus did here. Initially Arbus considered these photographs to be "lyric and tender and pretty", but by June 1971 she told mentor Lisette Model that she hated them.

Even today, these photographs hover between depicting the beauty of humanity in overcoming adversity, to the dangers of artistic exploitation. Much like the terminology changes to the institute itself, societal values are constantly shifting. Only now these people are immortalized.

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Kubrick's use of ghost twins in the hallways of The Shining is said to be inspired by Diane Arbus' photograph Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967.

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On June 13, 1978, the garage band/psychobilly/goth rock band The Cramps gave a unique free concert for patients at the California State Mental Hospital in Napa, CA. The show was recorded on a Sony Portapak video camera by the San Francisco collective Target Video and later released as Live at Napa State Mental Hospital.

You can watch it here.

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Björk gets tired of her cat boyfriend, goes to Iceland's Sirkus bar and sings along with the locals, and this still might not even be Spike Jonze's weirdest video.

Sirkus, a bar in downtown Reykjavik, was a popular hub for artists and musicians in Iceland until it was demolished in 2008 to make room for hotels, shopping centers and/or parking garages.

Watch Björk dance with a giant cat in "Triumph of the Heart"

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Formerly the headquarters for the Bell Telephone Laboratories, the 13 buildings at this address were transformed into the Westbeth Artists Community in 1968-1970. Westbeth is one of the first examples of adaptive reuse of an industrial space to residential and artistic use in the United States. Although applications are no longer being accepted, residents had to meet low- to middle-income requirements, be a practicing artist, and meet the approval of a board.

Diane Arbus lived here, and she taught a photography course here in 1971. On July 26, 1971, while living at Westbeth, Arbus took her own life by ingesting barbiturates and slashing her wrists with a razor. Her body was found two days later by artist Martin Israel; Arbus was 48 years old.

Side note: Vin Diesel also used to live here.

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