Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.