This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

The World's Largest Bull.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

A surprisingly large number of show waterski teams are located here in Wisconsin.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.