A 10-foot-tall concrete Alley Oop statue left over from World War II now stands on the side of the road.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.