A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.