Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.