This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Austria's very first and only nuclear power station was completed but never used.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.