The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

Maine's only authentic torri gate celebrates a longstanding international relationship that started with the rescue of four sailors.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.