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With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.