A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.