Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

The first singer to cut a country music record is buried in a small graveyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The smallest country in the world.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.