The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

A labyrinth of clothing, electronics, and other counterfeit items.

The world's longest known cave system.