The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.