This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A science teacher's dream.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.