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A free park where visitors can learn about and collect 440 million-year-old fossils.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

Built around 1845, this house was occupied for 100 years, serving as a home to a prosecuting attorney, a Union Civil War general, and a wealthy socialite.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

This 19th-century zoological collection has withstood the test of time.

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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

Louisiana's tallest waterfall is only a short hike away from the middle of nowhere.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.