Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

The empty tomb that houses the memories of Roy Bertelli's revenge.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.