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A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...