The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.