This lavish estate recalls the opulent history of Calcutta.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

A detailed model of Mexico City is the star attraction within this interactive exhibit inside an old theater.

The building of this town's first purpose-built cinema theater now houses a restaurant, but its walls still represent a distant heritage.

A Beaux-Arts architectural surprise and a charming nostalgic tour through northern Mexico’s railway revolution.