Hutchinson, Kansas
Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
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Hutchinson, Kansas
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Austin, Minnesota
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Riverside, Iowa
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
Iowa City, Iowa
This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Port Byron, Illinois
A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.
Pasadena, California
Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.
Newport Beach, California
Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
San Diego, California
A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."
San Diego, California
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
Ensenada, Mexico
A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.
Titusville, Florida
The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Mansfield, Ohio
Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Niagara Falls, New York
One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.