This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

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

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.