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This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

A man's home is his castle.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

America's first public mental health facility.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.