A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

This Annapolis home was built by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

A touching tribute to a local hero who made sure his neighborhood stayed clean.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.