An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.