The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.