Queens, New York
Indonesian Food Bazaar at St. James Episcopal Church
Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.
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Queens, New York
La Esquina del Camarón Mexicano
An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gloria Dei Old Swedes' Episcopal Church
The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.
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Los Angeles, California
Everything Is Terrible
This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.
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San Francisco, California
Walzwerk Restaurant
This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.
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Brooklyn, New York
Lagman House
The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.
White Post, Virginia
Dinosaurland
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Winchester, Virginia
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.
Staunton, Virginia
American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Virginia's Seven Society
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
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Staunton, Virginia
Abandoned DeJarnette Sanitarium
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
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Lexington, Virginia
The Coffee Pot
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mask and Wig Clubhouse
A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Ponyhenge
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Quapaw, Oklahoma
Red Oak Steakhouse
The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Museum of Dumb Guy Stuff
This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.
Los Angeles, California
José de San Martín Bust
A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.
Los Angeles, California
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Velaslavasay Panorama
Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
Culver City, California
Center for Land Use Interpretation
A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.
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Los Angeles, California
Youngwood Court
Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.
Los Angeles, California
Chemosphere
This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.
Los Angeles, California
Aetherius Society's American Headquarters
"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."
