The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This is one really big nut.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

Learn all about this iconic air rifle without putting an eye out.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

A mysterious local has been dressing the child's grave for decades.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.