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Deadtime Stories Books & Gifts

Lansing, Michigan

Deadtime Stories Books & Gifts

Charming bookshop for true-crime fans and horror aficionados, plus other books and odds and ends.

The Reading Room blends the intimacy of an inviting bar with the inviting solace of a good bookstore.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Reading Room

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

Sponsored By Chattanooga Tourism
Handmade Coyote Teeth Dentures

Independence, California

Eastern California Museum

Home of the world-famous coyote-teeth dentures.

The Diefenbunker

Ottawa, Ontario

The Diefenbunker

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

18th Century Pirate’s Jolly Roger

Portsmouth, England

18th Century Pirate’s Jolly Roger

This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.

Wahpper: The World’s Largest Catfish

Wahpeton, North Dakota

Wahpper: The World’s Largest Catfish

A 5,000-pound fiberglass channel catfish perches on the banks of the Red River, occasionally taking a swim when spring floodwaters rise.

Grosjean's Noah's Ark Diorama

Lima, Ohio

Allen County Historical Society and Museum

James E. Grosjean's Noah's Ark "spectacular display" is a primitive version of animatronics built in 1901 -- showing the biblical story in a moving diorama of animals and choreographed lights.

Ebenezer Scrooge’s Gravestone

Shropshire, England

Ebenezer Scrooge’s Gravestone

A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Moaning Caverns

Vallecito, California

Moaning Caverns

The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.

Prehistoric Crocodile Footprint

Kildonan, Scotland

Prehistoric Crocodile Footprint

Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".

Volvo Island

Ottawa, Illinois

Volvo Island

A goofy attempt to generate business for a repair shop turned into one of Ottawa's favorite tourist attractions.

View from road of Octagon House

Circleville, Ohio

Gregg-Crites Octagon House

Eight sides, one incredible story — the Gregg-Crites Octagon House is one of Circleville's most fascinating architectural treasures.

Gloucester Sea Serpent Statue

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Gloucester Sea Serpent Statue

This sculpture is dedicated to a famed cryptid and local icon allegedly witnessed in the early 19th century.

The Outer Rim

Seattle, Washington

The Outer Rim

The Outer Rim Coffee House is a space for coffee enthusiasts and sci-fi fans alike!

McCandless Collection

Burlington, North Carolina

McCandless Collection

The McCandless Collection preserves one of the region's most distinctive collections of rare Mopar vehicles, historic race cars, and vintage automobilia celebrating American automotive heritage.

Southernmost ATM

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Southernmost ATM

The only place to get cash in Antarctica.

Photo taken in April 2025

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The Original ‘Backrooms’ Location (John’s Hobbies)

In 2019, an anonymous photo of a windowless room with eerie yellow wallpaper was posted to 4chan from this building, launching 'The Backrooms', one of the internet’s most massive collaborative horror phenomena.

Beer Spa Bernard private room

Prague, Czechia

Beer Spa Bernard

You can soak in private hot tubs infused with beer while pouring unlimited Czech beer from your own tap.

Robocop statue, Detroit, MI 4/2/2026

Detroit, Michigan

RoboCop Statue

One of Detroit's most iconic fictional protectors, RoboCop, finally has a statue.

The cat, smart enough to know better, keeps itself perched safely out of the spray.

Mount Vernon, Ohio

South Main Plaza Dog Fountain

A fountain full of 18 bronze-cast dogs, a cat, a pony, some birds, and a mystery apple, all because one guy and his golden retriever saw a photo online.

Piece of the meteorite

Odessa, Texas

Odessa Meteor Crater

One of only two exposed meteor impact craters in the United States

View from the cavern

Ambleside, England

Rydal Cave

This atmospheric cavern on the hillside above picturesque Rydal Water is actually an old slate quarry

Top Gun House

Oceanside, California

Top Gun House

This house made famous by the 1980s movie is now a restaurant filled with Top Gun memorabilia

El Ojo

Belén de Escobar, Argentina

El Ojo

A mysterious, almost perfectly circular floating island gyrating inside a likewise circular lake

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