A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.