A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Unique house covered in a nightmarish mural of demons, ghosts and monsters.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

A small world of mechanical magic and metal merry-go-rounds in a Outsider art Museum.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

Largest gathering of hobos in the country has been meeting annually since 1900.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

Living towers made of people that are now recognized by UNESCO.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.

Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.

Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.