A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.

A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

An underground spring in a labyrinthine cave system, decorated with stalagmites and stalactites.

A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.