A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

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

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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

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

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruous in rural Vermont.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

A replica that won't float away.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.