The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

The largest mural in the world painted by a single artist.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.