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What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.