A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

A diorama lover's dream world.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This massive and eclectic collection is filled with thousands of sculptures, masks, and assemblages.

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.

This small beach park is littered with a collection of unique driftwood sculptures.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

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

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

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

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.