Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

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.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.