The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

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

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.