A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.