Birmingham, Alabama
Books, Beans, & Candles
Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.
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Birmingham, Alabama
Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.
Windsor, Ohio
The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.
Zanesville, Ohio
One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.
Marietta, Ohio
At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.
Dayton, Ohio
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.
Powell, Ohio
A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.
Miamisburg, Ohio
The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.
Dayton, Ohio
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.
Springfield, Ohio
A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.
Fairborn, Ohio
Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.
Elmore, Ohio
Halloween spirit is alive and well in this small town, where residents race motorized caskets in a yearly tradition.
Cincinnati, Ohio
One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.
Edgard, Louisiana
The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
Van Wert, Ohio
The oldest county library in the United States.
Decatur, Georgia
Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Denton, Texas
A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Richardson, Texas
"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."
Athens, Ohio
An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.