Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

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.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.