This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

This garden has existed for more than three centuries.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

This wildlife refuge is home to more than 200 species of birds, as well as monkeys, lizards, and other wildlife.

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

Featuring the largest CinemaScope screen in Pennsylvania, this drive-in has entertained moviegoers for more than half a century.

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

This mountain sunrise is one of the most breathtaking views in Thailand, yet well off the tourist trail.