This library is a reader's paradise and a plant lover's dream.

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

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

A life-sized memorial to Harry L. Collins, the official corporate magician of Frito-Lay.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.