The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

The playful side of the Columbus community is on full display.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

This trailside hut was built in the late 1930s as a memorial to a young hiker.

A park home to some unusually large rocks.

This small canyon park was once the main street of Silver City—until a flood washed it away.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.

A museum showcasing the life of "Buffalo Bill"

In addition to over 80 vehicles on display covering over 100 years of motorcycle history, this free museum focuses on the people who ride and love these bikes.

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

What if the cure for all that ails you was as simple as repeated exposure to low-dose radon?

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

In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

Dozens of bronze sculptures are woven into the landscape along this trail.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.