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Don't let the unassuming entrance fool you.

Culver City, California

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

New mural and historic marker added

Amboy, California

Amboy Ghost Town

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Cabazon's T-rex dressed up for Valentine's Day

Cabazon, California

Cabazon Dinosaurs

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The Integratron by day.

Landers, California

The Integratron

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Yes, you can make art from an abandoned toilet.

Joshua Tree, California

The Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Lipstick, flowers

Los Angeles, California

Marilyn Monroe's Crypt

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Portal of books.

Los Angeles, California

The Last Bookstore

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Glendale, California

Forest Lawn Cemetery

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Parsons (Right, foreground) and the Rocket Boys in 1936

Pasadena, California

The Parsonage

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

Blue Mustang

Denver, Colorado

Blue Mustang

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

To Jane, My Wife.

Brooklyn, New York

The Tomb of Jane Griffith

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

Vampa: Vampire & Paranormal Museum

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Vampa: Vampire & Paranormal Museum

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

The Grave of Ignacy Paderewski’s Heart

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

The Grave of Ignacy Paderewski’s Heart

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.

American Treasure Tour

Norristown, Pennsylvania

American Treasure Tour

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

McGovern Weir Greenhouse sign.

Brooklyn, New York

McGovern Weir Greenhouse

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Cleft Ridge Span

Brooklyn, New York

Cleft Ridge Span

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

The Elevated Acre

New York, New York

The Elevated Acre

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Tesla monument at Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Tesla Monument

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

The rock.

Toronto, Ontario

Rock of the Matterhorn

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

CN Tower with the Canadian flag

Toronto, Ontario

CN Tower Stairs

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The Yorkville Rock

Toronto, Ontario

The Yorkville Rock

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

The Old Dutch Church overlooks an old cemetery (the Sleepy Hollow cemetery is nearby).

Sleepy Hollow, New York

The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Headless Horseman Bridge

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Headless Horseman Bridge

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Coming off the line.

Avery Island, Louisiana

Tabasco Museum and Factory

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

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