This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

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

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.