The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

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

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.