One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

A local prank turned town icon.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.