The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.