Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.