A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.