A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

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

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

A small welcome symbol for visitors to Ann Arbor.

In addition to the usual gravestones, this Michigan cemetery features a birdhouse mausoleum and an Ark of the Covenant replica.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.

Locals often dress this effigy of Traverse City's founder in festive outfits.

This memorial honors the performers who died when two trains collided.

Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.