This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.