The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

A replica that won't float away.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.