Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.