I love this kind of thing: Matt Frondorf put a 35mm camera (the kind that takes film) in his car and aimed it out the window. Then he connected its shutter release to the odometer on his car. The first photo he took was of the Statue of Liberty.
He then drove west in as straight a line as possible with his camera rigged to take one photo every time the odometer ticked off another mile. 3,300 miles and 3,300 photos later, the last picture was of the Golden Gate Bridge. You can see all 3,300 pictures at this website. (Thanks to my buddy Daniel Will-Harris for calling my attention to this one. Daniel's website is a great place to visit if you're interested in fonts or web graphics or even rodents.)