A collection of 4,000 thimbles that's more versatile than one might imagine.

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.