Dublin, Ireland
Natural History Building, National Museum of Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
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Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Frackville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvaniaâs creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
Marietta, Pennsylvania
An industrial waste tourist attraction.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.
St Marys, Pennsylvania
A tiny one-room church built after one man's prayer for healing was answered.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.
Industry, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddockâminus a few bits and pieces.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.