An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Nicknamed the 'Minnehaha Bunny,' this bronze sculpture is nine feet long and weighs 1,500 pounds.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.