The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

Don't bother sending any mail to this ghost town.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.