Marietta, Ohio
Cawley & Peoples Mortuary Museum
What started as a display of antique hearses has grown into a museum exploring the history of the funeral industry.
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Marietta, Ohio
What started as a display of antique hearses has grown into a museum exploring the history of the funeral industry.
Chicago, Illinois
A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.
Dayton, Ohio
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.
Pomeroy, Ohio
A lost cemetery stands forgotten on a hilltop, known only to the older residents of Pomeroy.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Brussels, Belgium
This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.
Brussels, Belgium
A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.
Brussels, Belgium
Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.
Brussels, Belgium
Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium
Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.
Brussels, Belgium
A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium
Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.
Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Brussels, Belgium
Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.
Mansfield, Ohio
The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.
Mansfield, Ohio
This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.
Marion, Ohio
This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.
Brooklyn, New York
Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.
Queens, New York
The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.
New York, New York
A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.
Queens, New York
An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.
New York, New York
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
New York, New York
Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.