A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

This indiscriminate collection of audio antiques is trying to preserve the history of the audio industry one vintage appliance at a time.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

It would be a crime to miss it.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.