Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.