Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.
West Berlin, New Jersey
Destructive children, start your engines.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American axe throwing club.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
Hartford, Connecticut
Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
New York, New York
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Amityville, New York
The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.
Bronx, New York
The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
Somers, New York
This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.
South Salem, New York
Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.
New Haven, Connecticut
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
Preston, Connecticut
Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.
Providence, Rhode Island
This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.
Southington, Connecticut
The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.
Griswold, Connecticut
The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.
Middletown, Connecticut
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
York, Maine
The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.