An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This former office building has been transformed into an immersive music venue and art space.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.