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

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

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

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."