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The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.