This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.