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Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

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

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A beautifully restored 19th-century house that’s possibly haunted.

This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.