A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

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

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The magic's in the hole!

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."