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A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.