South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand.