A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

The only international border marker within the United States.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.