New York, New York
Rivers Cosmogram
A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.
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New York, New York
A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.
New York, New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
New York, New York
A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
Paris, France
Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."
Cave City, Kentucky
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Greeneville, Tennessee
A cannonball from Union forces battling John Hunt Morgan made this church a permanent home.
Tiptonville, Kentucky
Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.
Captiva, Florida
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Tarpon Springs, Florida
This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Knoxville, Tennessee
This video store is a horror buff's dream.