Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

A historic cemetery doubles as a museum containing hundreds of unique tombs sculpted by a single artist.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

Definitely not a clown bar.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.