This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The smallest country in the world.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.