Definitely not a clown bar.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques