The magic's in the hole!

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.