This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".