This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Half of a house.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.