An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.