Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.