This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

The oldest remaining authentic Putt-Putt course that Donald Clayton created in Ohio.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

This outdoor exhibit features a historic wooden dam once used to help boats navigate the Ohio River.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

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.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.