A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.