800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.