A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A smaller model of the Da Vinci sculpture that took 500 years to come to life.

This 19th century machine put animals (including humans) in boxes to study how they metabolized calories.

A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

Penn State's giant bug collection.

A legendary boxing venue and ring featured in Rocky V.