This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."