Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
Celebration, Florida
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
North Fort Myers, Florida
The largest retailer of seashells in the world.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
Clermont, Florida
An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
St. Augustine, Florida
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
South Bay, Florida
One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
Lake Helen, Florida
Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Kennebunk, Maine
The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.