Los Angeles, California
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
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Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.
Madrid, New Mexico
A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.
Madrid, New Mexico
Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Amarillo, Texas
These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Alma, Arkansas
Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Clarksville, Indiana
The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.
Greensburg, Indiana
For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Columbus, Ohio
A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.
Everett, Pennsylvania
Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.
Matawan, New Jersey
The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."
Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Sun Valley, Idaho
Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.