The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

This is one really big nut.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.