One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.