This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

This mural changes every few years.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

Hiding in plane sight.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.