The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.