Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

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

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.