Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Talula the swan has been welcoming visitors to Elk Rapids, Michigan, for more than four decades.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

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

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.