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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.