The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.