Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Where the oil industry began.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.