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Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

The site of one of the most profitable silver mines in the world, reclaimed by Lake Superior.

The worst road in Colorado is the main gateway to some of its highest peaks.

Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.

Ghost hunters have fueled up at this diner for more than a century.

It may no longer take overnight guests, but the Martin still makes out-of-towners feel at home—just like it has for the past century.

The railroad turning train travel into a cinematic, highly immersive experience has a fascinating connection to Game of Thrones.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

This community museum preserves the largest collection of Coal Age fossil plants in Maritimes.

It is intended to take one back to a stripped-down simplicity, to spend extended time both inside and out, and absorb the natural drama of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.

This tiny museum honors the rural country doctor experience.

First Nations’ foodways are front and center at this food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar.

One of the few remaining water-driven tool shops, originally built in 1911.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.

Pieces of a stone giant are embedded in the earth of this Colorado park's playground.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.