Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

A miniature golf course crafted inside the world's largest simulated cave.

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.