The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.