It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

The largest canoe collection in the world—and the most Canadian museum ever.