The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

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.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

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

Stone monkeys adorn the buildings of this former estate.

A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.