Orlando, Florida
The Holy Land Experience
A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.
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Orlando, Florida
A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.
Frankfort, Kentucky
This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Frankfort, Kentucky
This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Jacksonville, Florida
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
Annapolis, Maryland
Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Louisville, Kentucky
The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.
Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Louisville, Kentucky
The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Des Moines, Iowa
Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Savannah, Georgia
This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.