"You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks"-Barber's Maxim.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

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

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.