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Mississippi John Hurt Grave

Carrollton, Mississippi

Mississippi John Hurt Grave

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

The shiniest beach you'll ever see.

Fort Bragg, California

Glass Beach

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

La Specola.

Florence, Italy

La Specola Anatomical Collection

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

March 2019
Permanently Closed

Williams, Arizona

Flintstones Bedrock City

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Giant Needle and Button

New York, New York

Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate

Oakland, California

Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Glendale, California

Forest Lawn Cemetery

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Stones and Henge, respectively.

Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The bar still stands.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Einstein's Brain Slides

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Fremont, California

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Tesla Coil

Los Angeles, California

Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The Bone Room
Permanently Closed

Albany, California

The Bone Room

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Nature Friends Tourist Club

Mill Valley, California

Nature Friends Tourist Club

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Marie Laveau's tomb in 2005

New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Laveau's Tomb

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2

New Orleans, Louisiana

Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Cemetery in 2015

New Orleans, Louisiana

Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Portal of books.

Los Angeles, California

The Last Bookstore

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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