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A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.