A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

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

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.