This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

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

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the roof of the oldest department store in Tainan stands a Shinto shrine dating back to the 1930s.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.