The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

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

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

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

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

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.