The history of funerals and funerary customs.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

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

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

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

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Colorful collection of antique musical oddities.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.