An ear-piercing buzzer calls lawmakers to a vote with a series of long and short rings to form coded messages.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

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

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.