A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.