Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.