One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.