Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.

A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.