Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

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

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.