An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

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

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.