This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

A one-of-a-kind blind-accessible, interactive mural.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.