The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The magic's in the hole!

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.