Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

A replica that won't float away.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.