This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.