Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

A library of poems cascade off the branches of this unsuspecting tree.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.