This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

This museum is dedicated to the history and design of purses.

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

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

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

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.