Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

It would be a crime to miss it.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.