A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

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

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

A storybook church made from a mesmerizing medley of multi-colored stones.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

The oldest continually operating golf course in the United States.

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

A miniature golf course crafted inside the world's largest simulated cave.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.