The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.