Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.