One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

Population: 1.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

When a guy acquired a free church, he hauled it away piece-by-piece to make it the tasting hall at his vineyard.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.