This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.