This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The magic's in the hole!