A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

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

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.