The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.