A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

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

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

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

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.