Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.