Ghent, Belgium
Dr. Guislain Museum
A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.
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Ghent, Belgium
A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
Boston, Massachusetts
Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Lexington, Kentucky
Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.
Detroit, Michigan
The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.
Appleton, Wisconsin
This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.
Evanston, Illinois
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.