Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.