A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

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.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.