Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.