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

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.