A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

The magic's in the hole!

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.