Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

The last Americana on Route 66.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

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

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

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

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.