A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

One of the oldest and largest Buddhist structures in the Americas, located in a peaceful forest outside Mexico City.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.