Definitely not a clown bar.

The magic's in the hole!

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

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

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

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

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.