A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

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

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

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

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.