While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.