Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world's most famous paranormal investigators.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

New York's oldest magic store.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.