A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.