A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

The second largest maple syrup producer in the U.S. runs a high-tech operation.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.