I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

This decommissioned surface-to-surface missile resides outside the American Legion Post in Pennslyvania.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.