For one month, the fields and skies of Gibbon, Nebraska, come alive with one of the largest gatherings of sandhill cranes in North America.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

The walls of the statehouse tell the story of Ohio’s prehistoric past.

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.