A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

The building is topped by a Statue of Liberty statue whose torch has stayed burning since the museum opened.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.