A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

A white oak with property rights.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

The giantess welcomes travelers to a small Saskatchewan town with a traditional Slavic greeting of bread and salt.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.