Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

An urban laboratory.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.