This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

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

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

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

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.