The magic's in the hole!

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

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

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

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

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

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

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

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

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.