This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

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

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

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

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.