A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.