The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.