This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.