A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."