The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.