A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.