This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

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

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Three bronze deer sculptures relax along the Scioto Mile.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.