New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Pawling, New York
The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Quincy, Massachusetts
From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.
Heath, Massachusetts
A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.
Groton, Massachusetts
On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Springfield, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Adams, Massachusetts
The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Bethlehem, New Hampshire
This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.
Washington, New Hampshire
A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.
Warren, New Hampshire
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.