A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

A black and white solution to the Bolivian city's traffic problems.

A mysterious ancient network of thousands of perfectly straight lines stretching across miles of Bolivian desert.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).

A memorial to an ill-fated Holy Land mission once described by Mark Twain as “a complete fiasco.”

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.