An architecturally-focused antique shop.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

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

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

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