Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.