This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

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

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.