The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

An early 20th-century fruit warehouse home of an artistic and cultural renaissance in northeastern Washington.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.

This park harkens back to frontier life in Wisconsin.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This unique library spans a mighty river.