Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.