A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

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

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

This California museum is home to one of the largest collections related to the 'Treasure Island' author.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

The first free library in Georgia features an original Tiffany stained glass window of Mary Willis.