The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Thousands of Matchbox cars spanning generations call this New Jersey barn home.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

This midcentury chapel is a bold architectural statement and a symbol of Indiana's Lutheran heritage.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.