Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.