The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

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

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.