A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.