A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.