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A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.