Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

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

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.