The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.