Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

The enigmatic symbol on this incineration plant's smokestack is, in fact, a one-of-a-kind clock.

Composed of scrap metal, a pair of platform-length murals chronicle Japan’s history, from the Big Bang to the development of modern Tokyo.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.