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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

An IT-specialist-turned-farmer reintroduces an Austrian food tradition while promoting snails as a sustainable "future food" option.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

America's smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Become a prohibition rebel.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.