Places Gruebone Wants to Go

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

These boots are made for selfies.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.