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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.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A man's home is his castle.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

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

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

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

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.