Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

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

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.