This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor “iron pours.”

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.