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Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.