One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The world's longest known cave system.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.