Austin, Texas
Uncommon Objects
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
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Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.
Greencastle, Indiana
Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.
Bartlett, Illinois
This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.
Shirley, Illinois
Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.
Seattle, Washington
This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.
New York, New York
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
New York, New York
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
Oak Brook, Illinois
Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Boston, Massachusetts
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Boston, Massachusetts
A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.