The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The first American axe throwing club.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

The massive Roman arch in New Hampshire that was meant to be a tomb.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

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

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.