Evanston, Illinois
Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
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Evanston, Illinois
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
Chicago, Illinois
Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.
Chicago, Illinois
Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Los Angeles, California
Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Staten Island, New York
The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Stratford, Connecticut
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Los Angeles, California
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.