The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

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

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.