Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

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.

For more than 25 years, this Philadelphia store has been offering a wide selection of Victorian oddities and antiques.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.