Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Whydah Pirate Museum
This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.
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Yarmouth, Massachusetts
This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.
Peabody, Massachusetts
Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.