Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

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

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

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

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.