A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

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.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

World's largest Christmas store.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.