This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.