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."

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

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

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...