One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.