"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

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

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

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

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.

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

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.