This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

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

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

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

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

One of the remaining markers of an era when Brooklyn and Flatbush were separate cities.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.