A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.