Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.