A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A 25,000-square-foot display with dozens of model trains in intricate miniature worlds.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

This simple stone monument honors a 19th-century tragedy.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.