This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

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

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

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

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.