This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

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

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.