A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.