Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.