This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

Yo, Adrian!

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.