Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.