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A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

At 32 feet long, this swing is big enough for the whole family—and then some.

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.

A unique auditory experience right on the sidewalk.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

A rugged hike leads to a breathtaking waterfall, once thought to be the tallest in Iceland.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

Explore these Victorian-era tunnels under a bustling train station.

First road tunnel in England.