This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

According to local legend, an ancient serial killer nicknamed the “Hag” once haunted this pond.

This century-old electronics store-turned-cafe serves comforting, retro fare.

Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Step into this whimsical art installation based on a popular picture book.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

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

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.