A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

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

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

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."