The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

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

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.