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.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This is one really big nut.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

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

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.