Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

This museum honors an African-American renaissance man of the early 18th century.

Rumored to be a giant robot in disguise, this colossal chef has been the beloved symbol of Tokyo’s kitchenware district for decades.

This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.