One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A symbol of Texas pride.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

Walk in the footsteps of the famed astronaut at Purdue University.

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.