It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

Hunting trophies decorate Oregon's most unique bar-restaurant.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.