Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?