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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city

The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.