Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This one-room doctor's office has been moved twice, and now lives on as a museum.

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

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

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