The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

These boots are made for selfies.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.