An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.