An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

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

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

One man's lifelong obsession with death.