A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

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

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

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

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The former home of queer novelist Yoshiya Nobuko memorializes her contributions to modern-day manga.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

This giant statue pays homage to this temple's furry residents who keep the landscape pristine.

A giant rooftop ride with unbeatable views of Matsuyama city, the nearby mountain ranges, and the Inland Sea.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.