Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

A park dedicated to the titular writer filled with references to his work.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.