I have visited probably a dozen movie monster museums across this country in my time searching out oddity. Three of these museums stand out as my favorites--one in Nevada, one in Connecticut, and one in Massachusetts. Come with me and let's be old-fashioned Monster Kids for a while.

• See photos from my visit to Tom Devlin's Monster Museum here.
• See photos from my visit to Cortlandt Hull's Witch's Dungeon here.
• See super-out-of-date photos of my visit to Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery here.
• See photos from my visit to the Twilight Zone paintings on the carousel in Rod Serling's hometown of Binghamton, New York, here.
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The X-Files is my favorite show of all time. I was on the couch for its debut on September 10, 1993. So when I found out a museum of original props had opened a mere three hours from me, I wasted only two years to get there.

• See photos from my visit here.
• Visit the museum website here.
• Read about my top eight favorite episodes here.
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My fascination with serial killers comes with a heaping load of shame, except for in one instance: Ed Gein. That's because without Gein, we might not have Norman Bates. Or Leatherface. Or Buffalo Bill. Or the Firefly family. So my shame load was only a mild one as I visited sites related to him in his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin. With my wife and two kids.

• See photos from our visit to Plainfield here.
• Hardware Store Address: 110 S. Main St., Plainfield, WI.
• Plainfield Cemetery Address: 6590 5th Ave, Plainfield, WI.
• Property Address: Archer Avenue and Second Avenue.
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