Places Taffodil Wants to Go

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.