This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.