7. Oldtime Fiddlers Contest & Festival, Weiser, Idaho; June; get those heels a-kickin'.

8. Garlic Festival, Gilroy, Calif.; July; not a vampire in sight.

9. Wild Mushroom Festival, Crested Butte, Colo; August; there's fungus among us.

10. BugFest, Raleigh, N.C.; September; creepy crawlies everywhere.

11. BeanFest & Championship Outhouse Races, Mountain View, Ark.; October; when ya gotta go ...

12. Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Mass.; November; eat like a Pilgrim.

ODDLY ENDEARING ATTRACTIONS

1. Corn Palace; Mitchell, S.D.; corn-y? Yes. But also art deco-ish.

2. Jell-O Museum; LeRoy, N.Y.; there's always room for everything Jell-O.

3. Paul Bunyan Statue; Bemidji, Minn.; a 1930s Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe.

4. Charles Schulz Museum; Santa Rosa, Calif; all things wonderful from the Peanuts gallery.

5. Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum; Arcola, Ill.; honoring the life and times of author and illustrator Johnny Gruelle.

6. Wall Drug; Wall, S.D.; drugstore turned mall, complete with a dinosaur — and the only attraction for miles and miles.

7. L. Frank Baum Oz Museum; Chittenango, N.Y.; memorabilia and more in the author's birthplace.

8. Mustard Museum; Mt. Horeb, Wis.; every kind of mustard ever made and pots to put them in.

9. Salem Witch Museum; Salem, Mass.; hysteria and mayhem from 1692.

10. Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum; Mansfield, Mo.; a "little house on the prairie."

CLASSIC CULTURAL CENTERS

1. Polynesian Cultural Center; Oahu, Hawaii; Hawaii's No. 1 paid attraction.

2. Greenfield Village; Dearborn, Mich.; a tribute to American life built by Henry Ford.

3. Shelburne Farms; Shelburne, Vt.; farm life the way it used to be.

4. Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes in North America.

5. Genessee County Village & Museum; Mumford, N.Y.; "Where 19th Century America Comes to Life."

6. Colonial Williamsburg; Williamsburg, Va.; the one everyone else wants to be like.

7. Old Nauvoo; Nauvoo, Ill.; an up-close look at faithful pioneering.

8. Cahokia Mounds; St. Clair County, Ill.; oldest and largest archaeological site in North America.

9. African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; history, contributions, celebrations and more.

10. French Quarter; New Orleans, La.; a jumble of cajun, creole and jazz.