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It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.