Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.