A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

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

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

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

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

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

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

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

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

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.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.