This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

Check out a hidden collection of vintage neon signs.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.