This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.