Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.