The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

This ship-shape Streamline Moderne building was once the headquarters of a nautically inclined radio preacher.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

Definitely not a clown bar.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.