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A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

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

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.