One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Old and brave breed of warhorses known for their elegant, curved ears.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.