A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.