The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

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

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.