Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

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

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

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

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.