Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A local prank turned town icon.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.