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A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.