Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.