The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.