St. Augustine, Florida
The Ponce de León Hotel
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
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St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
New York, New York
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Miami Beach, Florida
12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Royse City, Texas
This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."
Los Angeles, California
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Pasadena, California
A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
New York, New York
A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.