Portland, Oregon
Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel
The magic's in the hole!
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Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A high point in Vancouver kitsch.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.
Boston, Massachusetts
This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Marseille, France
This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.
Barcelona, Spain
The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.