A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.