This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

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

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

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

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.