Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

Small shop offering mail-order rare and exotic plants.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.