The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

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

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

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

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.