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 future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.