The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.