Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.