This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

A sprawling museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The world's only known button museum.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.