I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.