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

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

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

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

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.

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."

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

An ideal wedding spot that is almost too ideal.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.