Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Legend has it thieves once stashed their treasures in this crater in the Mexican desert.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

A once drab public housing estate is transformed into a colorful gallery of trompe l’oeil murals.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Small French town or alien garage?

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.