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These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.

Even though some of the buildings date back to the Victorian era, this research institute is still involved in cutting-edge astronomy research.

Order your coffee crowned with salted whipped cream or blended with coconut and ice.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Distressing images of the Last Judgement adorn the walls of this medieval sanctuary named for St. Patrick.

The 18th-century inspiration behind Harry Potter's Sorting Hat.

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.

A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

A small museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTQ community in England.

Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.