Beaufort, North Carolina
North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort
A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
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Beaufort, North Carolina
A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
Point Harbor, North Carolina
The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Queens, New York
The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
New York, New York
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Los Angeles, California
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
London, England
An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.
Morganton, North Carolina
An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.
Ardtalnaig, Scotland
Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Los Angeles, California
Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.
Los Angeles, California
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
Columbus, Ohio
Three bronze deer sculptures relax along the Scioto Mile.
Asheville, North Carolina
A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.
Preston, England
Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.