The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

An unusual but excellent display created in the 1930s as propaganda against the Freemasons.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

A monolith stands at the site of the most significant battle ever fought on British soil.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.