Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.