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St. Louis, Missouri

Cementland

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

Museum of Funeral Customs

The history of funerals and funerary customs.
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
Portland, Oregon

3D Center of Art and Photography

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses.
Statesboro, Georgia

U.S. National Tick Collection

The world's largest collection of ticks.
Knoxville, Tennessee

William M. Bass Forensic Anthropology Center

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Conflict Kitchen

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.
Kassel, Germany

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Key West, Florida

Dry Tortugas

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.
Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Paris, France

Musée Dupuytren

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mount Moriah Cemetery

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Pripyat, Ukraine

Pripyat Amusement Park

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.
Namibia

Kolmanskop Ghost Town

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

Museum of Mourning Art

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
Stratford, Connecticut

Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Ercolano, Italy

Herculaneum

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Antarctica

Blood Falls

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Lohmen, Germany

The Bastei

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
London, England

The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Naica, Mexico

Giant Crystals of Naica

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
London, England

Hunterian Museum

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
New York, New York

Tannen's Magic Shop

New York's oldest magic store.
Iceland

Hvítserkur

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.