This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.