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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.