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Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.