Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

An eccentric park and pool.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.