Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

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

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

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

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A charming tour of the umbrella, tin-can, and drinking-straw capital of the world.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

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

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