La Quinta, California
Big Metal Roadrunner
A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.
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La Quinta, California
A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.
Tennille, Georgia
An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.
New York, New York
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
Carthage, Arkansas
Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.
Kansas City, Missouri
This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.
Conyers, Georgia
A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.
Elk Horn, Iowa
In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.
Rothsay, Minnesota
The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.
Mackay, Idaho
This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."
Worcester, Massachusetts
The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.
Paducah, Kentucky
A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.
Colgate, Wisconsin
This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.
Marshall, Missouri
A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.
Seymour, Wisconsin
A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Douglas, Wyoming
This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.
San Francisco, California
This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.
Aladdin, Wyoming
The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.