The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.

A collection of artifacts from two worldwide industries that called Endicott, NY home.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A white oak with property rights.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.