This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

Idol made by King Jeroboam for the Israelites.

This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

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

The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.