This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

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

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.