The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.