The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.