Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

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