The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.