A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Bizarre Cavern.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.