Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

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

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.