Places inlandempirical Wants to Go

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Become a prohibition rebel.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.