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An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A charming tour of the umbrella, tin-can, and drinking-straw capital of the world.

A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

An outlet for connecting to memories of lost loved ones and saying goodbyes you never got to say.

A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.