This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.