A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.