Talula the swan has been welcoming visitors to Elk Rapids, Michigan, for more than four decades.

This monument commemorates the only American soldiers to have directly fought Russians during World War I.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A life-sized memorial to Harry L. Collins, the official corporate magician of Frito-Lay.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.