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Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Designed by famed architect Horace King.

A small window was installed in this gravestone to honor a young boy's dying wish.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.