Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

An unassuming set of tiles next to a mailbox mark the former location of one of the most famous springs in the city.

The 570-ton boulder that gave a New Jersey town its name.

Over 80 years old, this hand-dug tunnel is a Chinese-style portal to another world.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

This frenetic mural recalls an annual festival that once took the city by storm.

Once upon a time in Kamakura, a five-headed dragon fell in love with an Indian water goddess.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

This soaring sculpture and Sioux Falls landmark represents the leap of faith taken to make one's dreams come true.

An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.