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Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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