During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

This Boy Scout retreat acted as "Friday the 13th"'s original Camp Crystal Lake.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.