The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

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

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.