Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.