Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.