In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.