This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

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

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

More than five miles of underground passageways.