This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A local prank turned town icon.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

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A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.