Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.