A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

Burial mounds of prehistoric Native Americans who lived along the DuPage River.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.