This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Bizarrely-painted church designed by a controversial artist.

The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.