This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.