Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

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

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

Where the notorious gang lived while on the run from the FBI.

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.