London, England
Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
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London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Baltimore, Maryland
A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.
Baltimore, Maryland
This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.
Baltimore, Maryland
An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Altona, Manitoba
A massive, 76-foot-high version of a Van Gogh painting in Canada’s sunflower capital.
Houston, Texas
Tune into an alternate universe at this immersive art installation.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.
Wilmington, Delaware
The second oldest and longest of Delaware's three covered bridges.
Wilmington, Delaware
A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.
Durham, North Carolina
The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.
Angier, North Carolina
A lovingly created and maintained collection of decorative gourd art.
Hamilton, Missouri
See the world's biggest spool of thread, along with the largest collection of sewing machines.
St. Louis, Michigan
This replica of Michigan's mighty Mackinac Bridge is more than 200 times smaller than its northern counterpart.
Alamosa, Colorado
A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.
Potter, Nebraska
This old-school soda shop is the home of the Tin Roof Sundae, a concoction dripping in chocolate, marshmallow, and peanuts.