Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.