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Winchester Mystery House - San Jose, CA - This house was a 36-year renovation project funded by the Winchester gun fortune. Legend has it that Mrs. Winchester thought she was being haunted by people who had been killed by the Winchester guns.

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Winchester Mystery House - San Jose, CA - She continued building and renovating until she died. At the time of her death, the house had 160 rooms, 40 bedrooms, 10,000 windows, and 2 basements.

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The Tombstone House - Petersburg, VA - The house was built out of the tombstones of union soldiers killed during the Civil War.

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The Underground Tunnels of LA - Los Angeles, CA - During the prohibition era, corrupt city officials used underground service tunnels to sell and move booze, as well as throw illegal parties.

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Track 61 - New York, NY - This abandoned subway station is rumored to be a secret escape route for US presidents and other important figures.

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Glass Beach - Fort Bragg, CA - This beach was used as a garbage dump until 1967, when awareness grew about keeping the oceans clean. Over the years, the pounding Pacific Ocean left behind a beach of sea glass.

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The Witch House of Salem - Salem, MA - This house is the only structure left standing with direct ties to the 1692 witch trials. It was home to Jonathan Corwin, one of the judges.

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Lake Shawnee Amusement Park - Rock, WV - This abandoned amusement park was built on an ancient Native American burial ground.

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Lake Shawnee Amusement Park - Rock, WV - It was shut down in 1966 after two children died on the property. Visitors to the neglected park report experiencing paranormal activity.

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The Bell Witch Cave - Adams, TN - According to legend, a witch lived in this cave on the Bell family farm.

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The Bell Witch Cave - Adams, TN - One day, she saved the life of one of the children after they got stuck in a hole in the cavern. There have been reports of strange phenomena occurring on the farm.

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The Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, CO - This hotel belongs to the National Register of Historic Places, and served as inspiration for Stephen King’s ‘The Shining.’

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The Quietest Place on Earth - Minneapolis, MN - This lab, used for product testing and development, is an anechoic chamber that absorbs 99.9% of sound.

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The Quietest Place on Earth - Minneapolis, MN - The silence is so disorienting that most people can only withstand a few minutes in the room.

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Yoda Fountain - San Francisco, CA - If you throw a coin into this fountain, you will receive a blessing from the Force instead of good luck.

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Woolly Mammoth Antiques and Oddities - Chicago, IL - This curiosity shop, selling bizarre and morbid items, was started by a couple who collected human teeth.

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Woolly Mammoth Antiques and Oddities - Chicago, IL - They sell a variety of items, including human teeth, preserved animal fetuses, bones, used hearing aids, taxidermy, and creepy ancient medical devices.

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Area 51 - Groom Lake, NV - This heavily guarded, secret military facility in the middle of the desert serves as the location for many conspiracy theories.

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Area 51 - Groom Lake, NV - Theories range from a site for time travel research, to a secret lab where the government works with aliens to engineer alien technology on Earth. There have even been reported UFO sightings in the area.

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Institute of Illegal Images - San Francisco, CA - Mark McCloud's museum exhibits the largest collection of LSD blotter art from San Francisco’s "Acid Age" (SF's drug-induced 1960s' legacy).

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Institute of Illegal Images - San Francisco, CA - The collection includes 33,000 LSD blotter sheets, and is rumored to be larger than that of the US Drug Enforcement Agency.

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Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel - Portland, OR - This popular doughnut shop offers numerous doughnut options (such as Bacon Maple Bar and Cap’n Crunch) and doubles as a wedding chapel, selling wedding and commitment ceremony packages.

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Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel - Portland, OR - When the shop first opened, it offered Nyquil-glazed and Pepto-Bismol infused doughnuts to late-night party goers, but was forced to stop selling them by the FDA.

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Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum - Los Angeles, CA - The Church of Scientology holds the belief that psychiatry is a form of abuse, and forces members to sign contracts stating that they will never seek psychiatric care.

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Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum - Los Angeles, CA - The museum, funded by the Church, displays the worst psychiatric treatments used over the years, including lobotomies, straitjackets, abuse of psychiatric patients, etc.

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Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast Museum - Fall River, MA - Lizzie Borden was believed to have murdered her parents, Andrew Borden and Abby Borden. The house is rumored to be haunted by their spirits.

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Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast Museum - Fall River, MA - Guests can stay in the room where the Borden's were murdered and visit the recreated crime scene in the living room.

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Bodie State Historical Park - Bridgeport, CA - This old ghost town from the California Gold Rush has a nasty reputation for lawlessness, wild west entertainment, and harsh environmental conditions.

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Trinity Atomic Bomb Site - Socorro, NM - This site gave birth to the Atomic Age. Trinity was the name of the first atomic device ever detonated.

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Trinity Atomic Bomb Site - Socorro, NM -

The bomb dropped on Nagasaki during World War II three weeks later was Trinity's "cousin."

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