An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

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

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Bizarre Cavern.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.