This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

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

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.