A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.