Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.