This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.