You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

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

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.