The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

Definitely not a clown bar.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

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

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.