Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

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

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.