Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

The Art Deco Silver Screen.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.