Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

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

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

This relic of transportation history still stands in this Indiana city.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.