An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

New York's oldest magic store.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.