The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.