The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.