It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

What better place to take a seat?

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The magic's in the hole!

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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