A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

Leaning shelves and books galore, this location is a book lover's utopia.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.