Grand opera on a miniature scale.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

In the Manduri reserve of Sao Paulo, you can see the endangered black-horned capuchin monkey up close.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.