Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.