Las Vegas, Nevada
Burlesque Hall of Fame
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Tacoma, Washington
"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
New York, New York
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Royse City, Texas
This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
Boston, Massachusetts
Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.
New York, New York
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
New York, New York
A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Stamford, Connecticut
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
Detroit, Michigan
Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.