Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

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

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

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

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

Enjoy classic musicals with a home-cooked meal at this former staple of American social life.

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.