A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.