A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

The world's longest known cave system.

After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.

This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

This museum houses artifacts from American adventurers and filmmakers Martin and Osa Johnson.

This historic early-20th-century building still boasts some of its original features.

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

This historic church is named for abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and the ruse to arm his fellow abolitionists.

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

The 55-pound trichobezoar was removed from the stomach of a cow.

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."