Austin, Texas
Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
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Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii
The easternmost point of Hawai'i plays a prominent role in local legends and is home to a lighthouse that survived a lava flow.
San Francisco, California
The only place in the world where vehicles for an obsolete form of transportation are still built.
Schulenburg, Texas
Joseph and Victor Stanzel were Texas farm boys who built a model aircraft empire.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An art gallery/gift shop that feels like Tim Burton, Pee Wee Herman, and Jim Henson combined!
Houston, Texas
One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.
Northampton, Massachusetts
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.
Sanderson, Texas
Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
Houston, Texas
A 400-year-old live oak tree with a fictitiously morbid past.
Stoystown, Pennsylvania
Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.
Waco, Texas
Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.
Dallas, Texas
A 28-exhibit museum about the history, culture, and oddities of money. Visitors stand in a cash shower, try to crack a vault, and discover what it's like to barter when no money is allowed.
Huntsville, Texas
A pair of whimsical homes in Texas shaped like oversized Western wear.
Mora, Minnesota
An ode to Minnesota’s Swedish heritage, this is the largest Dala Horse in the U.S.
Marana, Arizona
Commercial aircraft storage facility, where you can see a TWA 747.