A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

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

Ever wanted to can Spam?

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.