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

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.