Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.