This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

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

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.