New Orleans, Louisiana
Dark Matter Oddities & Artisan Collective
This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.
University City, Missouri
University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.
St. Louis, Missouri
This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.
St. Louis, Missouri
A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.
Granite City, Illinois
A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.
Louisville, Kentucky
A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'
Fairborn, Ohio
Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.
Urbana, Illinois
An actor's tribute to a former mentor.
Dayton, Ohio
Giant trolls run this farm!
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Centerville, Indiana
A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.
Center Point, Indiana
Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!
Kokomo, Indiana
Step inside this 1964 whale sculpture to explore its colorful history.
Indianapolis, Indiana
At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."
Hollywood, Florida
An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.
Newport Beach, California
Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.
Beckley, West Virginia
A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.
Seattle, Washington
This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.