One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.