This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.