Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

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

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

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.