This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

This heritage rail line meanders through Delaware’s Red Clay Valley.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Its collection offers a glimpse into the Russian Old Believers' centuries-old way of life.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.