A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

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

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

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

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

This small cafe aims to empower acid attack victims and stop violence against women in India.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.