Where dioramas can follow you home.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

To find the final resting place of a golf legend, just look for the grave covered in golf balls.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.