The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

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

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.