The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

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

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Yo, Adrian!

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.