Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

London's largest outsider art museum.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.