The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

A set of tall pillars and alcove-like rooms that are significant to the Miami people of Indiana.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

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

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."