A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

Antiques by the Bay.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.