Austin, Texas
Museum of the Weird
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
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Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Los Angeles, California
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Glendale, California
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
District of Columbia
Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.