Seattle, Washington
Freeway Park
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
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Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.
San Francisco, California
With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.
Miami Beach, Florida
12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
Culver City, California
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
San Francisco, California
This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.
Los Angeles, California
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
San Diego, California
Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.
Los Angeles, California
The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
New York, New York
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Seattle, Washington
A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Los Angeles, California
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
New York, New York
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
New York, New York
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.
Boston, Massachusetts
Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.