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

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.