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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
39.9535, -75.1768
Worcester, Massachusetts
Higgins Armory Museum
Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.
42.2991, -71.7990
Leominster, Massachusetts
Birthplace of Johnny Appleseed
The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.
42.5154, -71.7258
Montague, Massachusetts
Black Jungle Terrarium Supply
Small shop offering mail-order rare and exotic plants.
42.6014, -72.5637
Fall River, Massachusetts
Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast and Museum
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
41.6992, -71.1561
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2
This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.
29.9606, -90.0756
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's Tomb
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
29.9591, -90.0714
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
29.9594, -90.0714
Bahamas
Nurse Sharks of Compass Cay
They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.
24.2613, -76.5126
Port Royal, Jamaica
Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal
Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
17.9383, -76.8442
Boston, Massachusetts
Mapparium Globe
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
42.3455, -71.0868
Montague, Massachusetts
The Montague Book Mill
Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.
42.5379, -72.5379
Salem, Massachusetts
House of the Seven Gables
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
42.5218, -70.8835
Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch House of Salem
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
42.5215, -70.8989
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue of Elizabeth Montgomery
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
42.5213, -70.8959
Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Natural Bridge
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
37.6282, -79.5447
Hildebran, North Carolina
Abandoned Henry River Mill Village
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
35.6965, -81.4284
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
42.3573, -71.0613
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