These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

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

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The singer, actor, and activist lived here during his final years, and now it’s a museum dedicated to his legacy.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.