The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

The modern museum honors the achievements of the state's all-star athletes.

Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

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