Cambridge, Maryland
Annie Oakley House
Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.
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Cambridge, Maryland
Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Baltimore, Maryland
Walk through the history of American pop culture.
Columbia, Maryland
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Bowie, Maryland
The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.
Alexandria, Virginia
An original apothecary from 1792.
Washington, D.C.
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Redford, Texas
An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.
Marathon, Texas
An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Ione, California
One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.