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

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

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

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.