A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.