Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

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

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.