A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

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.

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

Bizarre Cavern.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."