This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

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

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.