The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

Yo, Adrian!

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This 30,000 square-foot museum is home to an extensive collection of art and artifacts that reflect the history of southwest Ohio.

Built around 1845, this house was occupied for 100 years, serving as a home to a prosecuting attorney, a Union Civil War general, and a wealthy socialite.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.