The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

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

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

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

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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