This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A fascinating and comprehensive look at the evolution of medical practice in the Sacramento Valley since the mid-1800s.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

The middle finger of modernity.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.