Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.