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

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

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

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.