At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

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

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.