A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

An artist's suburban abode looks like an architectural fever dream.

This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

This art shopping center still boasts pieces of its past as a textile factory.

Colonial architecture meets urban art in this sprawling open-air gallery.

An artisanal toy-maker’s works are highlighted in this museum dedicated to the craft of toys.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.