Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

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

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.