This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.