A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.