The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.