While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Historic Greenpoint theater, turned roller disco, now housing a chain pharmacy store.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

Mexican food and folk art.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.