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This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.