This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

What is the Thing?

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.