Tucson, Arizona
The Shelter Cocktail Lounge
This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.
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Tucson, Arizona
This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Salem, Massachusetts
A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
Boston, Massachusetts
Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.
Boston, Massachusetts
Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.
Boston, Massachusetts
The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.
Lowell, Massachusetts
According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.
Toronto, Ontario
This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.
Toronto, Ontario
This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.
Toronto, Ontario
A miniature representation of Canadian cities and landmarks in incredible—and sometimes hilarious—detail.
Toronto, Ontario
The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.
Toronto, Ontario
A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.
Toronto, Ontario
A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.
Jersey City, New Jersey
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
Jersey City, New Jersey
This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Brooklyn, New York
Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.
Brooklyn, New York
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
Chicago, Illinois
In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.