World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.