Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The world's only known button museum.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.