The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

A town filled with hot chocolate, dazzling lights, and lots of Christmas cheer.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.