On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.