This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A science teacher's dream.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.