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Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

New York's oldest magic store.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.