San Diego, California
San Diego Museum of Us
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
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San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Lake Wales, Florida
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
Chicago, Illinois
The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Aspen, Colorado
Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."
Salem, Massachusetts
The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
New York, New York
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Milledgeville, Georgia
One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Seattle, Washington
This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Stratford, Connecticut
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.