The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.