A symbol of Texas pride.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.