What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

New York's oldest magic store.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.