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Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.