This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.