The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

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

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.