A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Discover the taste of mold.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

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

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.