This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.