The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

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

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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.