These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

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

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.