The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.