An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

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

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses.

The magic's in the hole!

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

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

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

Haven for steampunks.