Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

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

Penn State's giant bug collection.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.