Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

A set of tall pillars and alcove-like rooms that are significant to the Miami people of Indiana.

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.

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

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."