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

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

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

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

An ideal wedding spot that is almost too ideal.

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