That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.