With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.