A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.